Hawks probe murder of police sergeant in Khayelitsha
An off-duty police officer was gunned down, allegedly by two armed men, in the Western Cape.
The Hawks is investigating the murder of an off-duty police sergeant who was shot dead while visiting a relative in Khayelitsha yesterday (June 21).
Brigadier Novela Potelwa, the Western Cape police spokesperson, says the incident occurred at 14:55.
She explains that two armed men entered the relative’s home and that multiple shots were fired at the 47-year-old officer, allegedly by the men.
They then reportedly fled in a vehicle.
Potelwa adds that a murder docket was opened at Lingelethu Police Station.
“The motive for the shooting is the subject of the police investigation,” she says.
Western Cape SAPS management expresses its condolences to the family and colleagues of the police officer.
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