News24 reports that a 37-year-old off-duty LEAP (Law Enforcement Advancement Plan) officer was killed in Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain, on Sunday afternoon when a stray bullet struck him in the head.

Toufeeq Williams was walking with his baby daughter along the corner of Trampoline and Cadillac Streets when he was killed. According to City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for safety and security, JP Smith, Williams had been caught in gang crossfire. He was part of the Hanover Park LEAP deployment team and lived in Mitchells Plain. Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said Williams died on the scene with a gunshot wound to his head. A R100,000 reward has been offered by the City for any information that could lead to arrests and convictions of those involved and police have launched a 72-hour activation plan to find the perpetrators. Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum chairperson Norman Jantjies confirmed that the incident appeared to be gang-related and added: "This is the very first LEAP officer to be killed in such a manner this year in the area. From what we understand from community members, the bullet was not meant for him at all." He said: "To the LEAP family, I say, let this serve as our encouragement to drive criminals and their criminal activity out of our communities."

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons & Nicole McCain at News24
• Read too, Off-duty law enforcement officer killed by stray bullet in gang shoot-out, at TimesLIVE
• En ook, Dwaalkoeël eis LEAP-beampte, by Maroela Media

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