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TimesLIVE reports that a 52-year-old police officer was shot dead outside his home in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, early on Thursday.
The lieutenant-colonel was a member of the provincial firearm, liquor and second-hand goods control unit. He was leaving the house when a gunman fired at him. “It is alleged the official had just got into his vehicle at 6:50am when an unknown gunman in a vehicle fired several shots at him. He died on the scene,” a police spokesperson reported. Acting provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Sindile Mfazi conveyed his "heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of the member, who has been described as a dedicated police official". It was reported that colleagues and family of the officer were receiving trauma counselling.
- Read the original of the above report by Dan Meyer at TimesLIVE
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