The police reservist wanted for the murder of two people in the Ladysmith CBD on Tuesday handed himself over to police last night.

He handed himself over at the Colenso Police Station. He has been detained and his firearm has been confiscated.

The reservist allegedly shot a woman dead and seriously injured 28-year-old detective Constable Sphamandla Mgaga in a wild shooting in Murchison Street on Tuesday afternoon.

The street was in chaos and shoppers dived for cover as the reservist went on the rampage.
This after the detective had come to collect a relative, Nonkululeko Mgaga, who had complained to him about being afraid of her abusive boyfriend.
They were seated in his vehicle when shots rang out.

The gunman, who has since been identified as an off-duty police reservist (and the boyfriend she feared), approached the vehicle from the passenger side, opened the door and shot her at point-blank range. The detective, who was in the driver’s seat, managed to dive out of the car. He took cover behind the vehicle as the gunman fired at him. According to eyewitnesses, the detective tried to hide from the hail of bullets.

A car guard who saw everything happening says the man approached the two as they were getting into the car and started shooting at the woman in the passenger seat.
When the driver realised they were being attacked, he tried to hide underneath the vehicle, but was still shot.

The gunman, after shooting the detective, removed a cell-phone before fleeing on foot.

He had however managed to elude capture and is believed to have used a getaway vehicle parked nearby.

The reservist handed himself over to police last night (Wednesday) and will appear in court soon.