A suspected love triangle within the police ranks ended in tragedy on Thursday night when two Gamalakhe police constables were gunned down outside a home in Port Shepstone.

The victims, a 34-year-old male officer and his girlfriend, were reportedly sitting in the man’s car outside his house when the mother of his child, also a constable at the Port Shepstone police station, allegedly opened fire at them.

Both victims later died at Murchison Hospital, The Witness reports.

The incident happened in the Mbayimbayi location, Murchison, Ugu district.

A police source said the man was taken to hospital with multiple gunshots while his girlfriend escaped the scene, but was later found nearby by a neighbour and was also taken to hospital where they both died.

“When the man’s brother heard gunshots, he rushed out to check and saw his brother being shot at by the mother of his child, who is also a police constable stationed at Port Shepstone police station,” said a police source.

“The suspect was then traced and found in possession of her service pistol without the magazine.”

Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda confirmed the arrest of a constable in connection with the murders.

“Police in Port Shepstone have arrested a police Constable in connection with the murders of a fellow Constable who is believed to be the father of her child, and another Constable, suspected to be his girlfriend at Murchison location in Mbayimbayi area on Thursday night,” Netshiunda said.

“It is reported that the suspect went to a residence where she found her baby daddy with another woman and opened fire at both of them before leaving the scene of the crime. Both victims were declared dead upon arrival at hospital. The suspect was arrested on Friday and is expected to appear in court on Monday, 21 July 2025,” he said.

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