Africa-Press – South-Africa. Western Cape Police are on the hunt for two men who gunned down a 37-year-old off-duty police sergeant from Bellville South on Sunday evening.
The 37-year-old succumbed to gunshot wounds in Khayelitsha, Site B.
“Preliminary information suggests that the member visited a friend with whom he was seated in his car when two unknown gunmen disembarked a Toyota Quantum that stopped alongside them,” police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said on Monday.
The suspects opened fire and hit both occupants several times.
“The policeman succumbed on the scene to multiple injuries, and his friend was rushed to hospital for medical treatment,” Pojie said.
Khayelitsha police are investigating cases of murder and attempted murder.
Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen said criminals were showing how brazen they are by opening fire on anyone and at any time, regardless of who might be on the receiving end of their bullets.
He said:
Allen added that criminals conducting themselves outside the confines of the law were showing that they did not wish to “enjoy the freedoms of our country”.
“We need to be firm and come down hard on these criminals.”
He said the first quarter crime statistics, between April and June, showed that two SAPS officers had lost their lives.
“Although this is one fewer when compared to the previous year of the same period, it is still two too many,” he stressed.
The latest shooting comes two weeks after two off-duty constables were shot dead in Gugulethu.
The pair were stationed at the Elsies River and Sea Point police stations.
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