Children and husband witness mom’s murder in Birchleigh North
"The wife and husband were reversing their vehicles when two suspects walked into the yard and headed straight to the woman's car."
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Kempton Park community has again been rocked by the murder of another parent last week when a mother and wife was shot and killed.
Her murder was witnessed by her children and husband at their home in Birchleigh North on the morning of February 10, at around 07:00.
According to Sgt Barbara Ferreira, spokesperson for Norkem Park SAPS, the woman was with her two children and husband when she was shot.
“Both the wife and husband were reversing their vehicles when two suspects walked into the yard and headed straight to the woman’s car. They fired shots through the window,” said Ferreira.
“The two suspects fled in two different directions with one believed to have taken off his jacket before entering a taxi.”
The children were allegedly in their father’s vehicle when their mother was shot.
Cases of attempted hijacking and murder are being investigated.
Violence
In January, Express reported that four crime incidents in the first few weeks of the year included the murder of husband and father Marco Doria (34).
Doria was gunned down during an armed robbery at Edleen Supermarket in Duvenhage Avenue, Edleen, on January 14.
The father of three was shot in the head at close range during the armed robbery when he had gone to the shops with his brother to buy eggs.
Another incident, which rocked the community was the death of a 16-year-old girl who lost her life during a robbery on CR Swart Drive on January 18.
It was alleged the deceased and her cousin were walking by the bridge not far from the intersection on the corner of CR Swart Drive and Kelvin Street when they were accosted by a suspect who robbed the deceased of her cellphone and stabbed her in the upper body during the alleged struggle.
The girl was rushed to a clinic at the Kempton Park Civic Centre where she was declared dead on arrival.
In another incident, a Norkem Park couple was hospitalised following a house robbery, also on January 18.
The husband was being treated for a stab wound on the palm of his hand while the wife was reportedly in a critical condition with a gunshot wound. This comes after two suspects, carrying a knife and gun, attacked the couple while with their two children, aged three and 11, and their domestic worker in the house.
In a fourth incident, police recovered a hijacked vehicle on West Street on January 19. It is alleged the vehicle was hijacked in Lyttelton, Centurion, in November and the provincial task team had been tracking it until it was spotted in Kempton Park. A chase ensued and the suspects, a man and woman, were cornered on West Street and arrested for possession of a suspected stolen vehicle.
Police response
“Under the Vispol leader, Lt-Col KP Tsoute, we do stop-and-searches, patrol the hotspots, concentrate on policeable crimes and collaborate operations with the EMPD, National Traffic, private security companies and CPF patrollers,” Ferreira then told Express when questioned about the violent nature of crime in Kempton Park.
Capt Jethro Mtshali, spokesperson for Kempton Park SAPS, also mentioned that stop-and-searches form part of this station’s operations.
“We continue with crime-prevention activities and have been assisted by other law-enforcement agencies,” said Mtshali.
Mtshali said operation O Kae Molao is the brainchild of the Gauteng provincial commissioner, Lt-Gen Elias Mawela, which is a multi-disciplinary operation that includes all law-enforcement agencies and targets all the hotspots infested by crime weekly.
He appealed to anyone with information about crime to contact 08600 10111 or SMS 32211.
