Mother and son found with gunshot wounds at Hillary home
The two were declared dead on the scene and the motive of the murder is unknown.
A CASE of murder and inquest has been opened at Bellair SAPS following the discovery of two bodies believed to be of a mother and son in the Hillary area.
Garrith Jamieson from ALS Paramedics said paramedics responded to calls of a shooting incident on Sarnia Road before Stella Road in the Hillary area last night, Wednesday, June 11.
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“On arrival, paramedics found SAPS already in attendance and were shown into a house. Paramedics found two people believed to be a mother in her 60s and a male believed to be her son in his 30s who had sustained gunshot wounds to their heads.
“Paramedics assessed both of them, however they showed no signs of life and both were declared deceased on the scene,” said Jamieson.
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