BREAKING NEWS: Two caught after shootout and chase
Two people arrested in Watermeyer Street in Val de Grace after a shootout with police in the Moot area.
Two people were arrested after a shootout in Moot on Tuesday.
Officials of Kilnerpark Security firm noticed a strange car driving up and down 32 Avenue and followed the vehicle, said spokesperson Klaas van der Kooi.
After about six minutes, shots were fired from the car in front and the security officers retaliated.
The culprits tried to speed away but the security officers gave chase and alerted the police.
Police caught up with the fleeing car in Watermeyer Street in Val de Grace and arrested the two occupants.
Villeria police spokesperson Captain Koba Brits said police were still on the scene by noon.
Charges of attempted murder, pointing of a firearm and malicious damage to property would be investigated, she said.
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