The circulation of the picture and the shooting of the
armed robbers came just a few days after Freeman released his album titled
“Robbery”.
In the picture, Freeman was with one of the armed robbers,
Charles Chirara, hugging behind a parked car.
This prompted detectives from the CID Homicide Section to
contact him so that he could clarify the association.
Freeman was summoned at Harare Central Police Station on
Tuesday morning where he was questioned and released after a few hours.
Sources close to the investigations said when he was
questioned, Freeman revealed that the picture was taken sometime in 2016 and
that he personally knew Chirara as a fan and voluntary show bouncer.
He said Chirara, who was shot dead by former CID detective
Joseph Nemaisa, used to attend his shows as a fan.
Freeman said he was not aware that Chirara was an armed
robber since he did not inquire much into his fans’ private lives.
He further said he did not know that Chirara, a former
soldier who used to attend his live shows and asking for photographs, was an
armed robber.
He only learnt from the media when Chirara was gunned down
at Nemaisa’s house.
The picture of Freeman and Chirara that has been
circulating has a message which reads, “Freeman HKD Boss is seen with one of
the robbers who was shot and killed last week at a house in Chadcombe.
“Is it by coincidence that he hangs around with robbers and
his album is named Robbery.”
The three armed robbers were shot and killed during a
shoot-out after they had raided the Chadcombe home.
Police have since arrested three suspects so far in
connection with the case. A number of firearms have also been recovered.
Nemaisa, doing business in Chisipite, sped home after
getting a call from his son that the family was being attacked by robbers,
climbed over his back wall, fired a couple of warning shots and then shot dead
three of the armed robbers about to torture his wife with an electric iron and
who had already assaulted his family.
More remarkably, two of the robbers were armed with rifles
or assault rifles, but while severely out-gunned Nemaisa used his training and
almost two decades of experience in the CID to win through.
The three dead were named as Brian Koga Tendere (38) of
Murehwa, Charles Chirara (30) of Ushewokunze and rogue soldier Tariro Gora of 1
Commando Barracks, Harare.
They were identified through the National Fingerprints
Bureau and the Police Scenes of Crime experts.
Those arrested by CID Homicide are former constable Francis
Takura (33) and a soldier Private Virimai Nyandoro (37) and the informer,
Tanaka Shine Nyamunga (21).
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