The police’s Anti-Gang Unit has traced and arrested two suspects in the Eldorado Park venue shooting on March 14 at about 22.:30. The suspects face two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder. The duo, aged 23, was arrested on March 16.

SAPS Crime Intelligence, together with Eldorado Park Police, as well as Anti-Gang Unit Visible Policing and detectives, immediately started tracing the perpetrators following the shooting incident.

Two people were declared dead by paramedics, and six were taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds.

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“The first suspect handed himself in at Eldorado Park Police Station with his lawyer, while the second one was arrested at his residence in Eldorado Park,” said Brigadier Brenda Muridili.

The suspects will appear in the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court today, March 18.