Four injured, officer wounded as weekend violence escalates

Police and emergency teams had their hands full this weekend after four people were shot in one incident, alongside a separate case involving a wounded police officer and a murdered security guard.

Police were called to Spandua Road in Eerste River just before midnight on Saturday, where they found four teenagers shot. The youngest victim, a 15-year-old boy, was wounded.

Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said, “Kleinvlei police registered four counts of attempted murder following a shooting incident in Spandua Road, Eerste River, on Saturday at about 11:50. pm 

“Police members responded to a complaint of a shooting and upon arrival on the scene the victims were already taken to a medical facility in a private vehicle. 

“The motive for the attack is believed to be gang related. The suspects fled the scene and they are yet to be arrested.

“Anyone with any information about this incident is kindly requested to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the mobile application MySAPS anonymously.”

In a separate incident on Friday, Delft Police registered an attempted murder case after a police constable stationed at Delft Police Station was wounded.

The officer was ambushed while responding to a complaint about a car theft in Freedom Farm, Delft. Francois De Bruin, Public Relations Officer for the Delft Community Policing Forum, explained, “The men and women in blue (SAPS) attended to a complaint when they came under attack. The injured constable was taken to a medical facility for treatment.”

“To CPF knowledge the circumstances surrounding this heinous, coward, barbaric incident is under investigation and arrests are yet to be made

“Delft CPF again appeals to the community and surrounding areas not to allow these attacks on our men and women in blue to continue in the way, it's been going these past few months.”

In a third incident police attended a crime scene in Sneeuberg Road, Heideveld where a 33-year-old man was shot in the head on Saturday

Twigg explained: “The victim was taken to a medical facility for medical treatment where he later died due to his injuries. A murder case was registered for investigation.”

At  a fourth incident, police opened a case of murder where a security guard was shot and killed at a soccer stadium in Kayamandi just after 7pm.

Twigg said the motive for the attack will form part of the investigation.

Cape Argus