Police are on a hunt for this man. Photo submitted.
Police have released a photo of a suspect wanted in connection with the alleged shooting of a West Rand cop last week.
Constable Sindisiwe Matshaya, a 36-year-old female officer stationed at the Wedela Police Station in the West Rand District sustained a serious gunshot wound while attending to a case on Wednesday, 30 October.
According to Constable Rebecca Phithi, the acting West Rand District Police spokesperson, Constable Matshaya was shot in the neck while investigating a business robbery scene in Extension 2 at about 4.20pm that day.
Anyone with information can contact Wedela Police on 071 675 7180/ 071 675 7178, or 08600 10111 or use the SMS line 32211.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.