A 20-year-old American murder suspect who had been on the run for over a year was arrested in Kenya and deported to the United States.
Salman Haji will face multiple felony charges, including robbery and murder.
Haji who fled the U.S. shortly after a violent crime spree in January 2024, was arrested in Runda area, Nairobi, Kenya following a coordinated international manhunt involving Kenyan authorities, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and law enforcement agencies in Washington state.
Haji was booked into King County Jail in Seattle on Saturday July 26, with prosecutors describing him as a flight risk and securing a $5 million (Sh645 million) bail.
According to U.S. investigators, Haji’s alleged rampage began on the morning of January 26, 2024, when he reportedly staged a minor traffic accident to carjack a woman’s white Porsche in Des Moines, Washington.
He is accused of brandishing a firearm, stealing her vehicle and bank cards, and speeding off.
Shortly after, surveillance footage placed him and an alleged accomplice at a grocery store in Normandy Park, attempting to use the stolen cards.
Within the hour, the two were spotted at a Tukwila Costco, where Haji allegedly tried to snatch a woman’s handbag.
Her 67-year-old sister resisted, and police say Haji shot and killed the elderly woman before fleeing the scene.
The stolen Porsche was later found abandoned in SeaTac, but Haji had vanished — reportedly flying out of the country days later to Kenya.
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