A shooting in Braamfontein sparked outrage on social media after a university student and two other people were killed.

Unknown gunmen shot two men who were inside a parked vehicle yesterday. During the shooting, a university bus was caught in the crossfire and two students were shot.

“Both men in the vehicle and one student were declared dead, while the other student was taken to the nearest hospital for medical treatment,” says provincial police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi.

“The motive of the shooting is subject to police investigation and a case of murder and attempted murder is open. No one has been arrested,” she adds.

Social media users took to X  (formerly Twitter) to comment on the gruesome shooting:

Imagine being shot on your way to Wits in Braam. I swear living in SA is an extreme sport. pic.twitter.com/gz6OgXQWnA

— Inenekazi 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽🇿🇦🇿🇦🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@Inenekazi1) February 29, 2024

Wits being situated in braamfontein is so weird
Braam is so dangerous

— Keitumetse Mokotjo (@keitu36) February 29, 2024

What happened in Braam is quite scary, imagine, a passerby student got killed by stray bullets on a random Thursday afternoon? That’s wild! SA is such a crazy place to live in.

— uLelo🧚🏽‍♀️ (@lelo_mjikeliso) February 29, 2024

knowing that the parents of the students were killed in the braam shooting have to bear such tragic news is giving me chills down my spine yoh 💔💔

— Dreams Drenched in Gold. 🦅 (@ThulitotheTop) February 29, 2024

The shooting in braam? Yeah no, the disregard of life and people??? Imagine those who witnessed such? such trauma, the families of the deceased?? horrifying..

— Undeserved Favour. (@gracesupremacy_) February 29, 2024