Well-Known Footballer Arrested for Involvement in Robbery Resulting in Fatality

Police have apprehended 26-year-old Kenyan footballer Byron Billy Owuor in connection with the murder of a businesswoman who was fatally shot during a robbery incident in Kisumu.

After months of evading capture, detectives investigating the case managed to track down the former Kisumu All Stars FC player to his hideout in the Obunga area of Kisumu. He was apprehended following their relentless pursuit, as they connected him to the crime that resulted in the death of the 23-year-old businesswoman and left her husband severely injured.

The victim, identified as Grace Awino Adero, ran a Mpesa shop in the Kondele area. On January 27, two armed assailants accosted her and her husband, robbing them of the day’s earnings and fatally shooting her.

“The cold-blooded killers who were believed to be members of a larger gang then escaped on an unmarked motorcycle, joining the rest of the gang at a hideout in Kasagam, Kisumu county.

“Hours later, Kasagam police on beat patrol spotted and challenged five occupants of a suspicious saloon car (KDL 301P Toyota Axio) found parked at a concealed place, but who beetled off abandoning the vehicle.” DCI detailed in a statement.

After extensive investigations, detectives took action and successfully dismantled the criminal gang responsible for the incident, bringing them to justice.

“The suspects then holed up for months until April 18 when one suspect – Byron Billy Owuor, 26 and a former footballer for the Kisumu Allstars Club – was smoked out of his hideout at Obunga in Kasarani area of Kisumu Central by Kondele-based police.” Added the statement.