{"id":270362,"date":"2025-10-28T14:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=270362"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:05:24","slug":"young-mother-gunned-down-in-driveway-of-somerset-west-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/young-mother-gunned-down-in-driveway-of-somerset-west-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Young mother gunned down in driveway of Somerset West home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Somerset West police are investigating a case of murder after a woman was fatally wounded in a shooting incident outside her home off Winery Road on Tuesday 28 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When<em> DistrictMail &amp; Helderberg Gazette<\/em> arrived at the scene in the vicinity of a local nursery, distraught friends and family of the deceased identified her as a 43-year-old mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F949823198208979%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=220&#038;t=0\" width=\"220\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Police spokesperson Sergeant Suzan Jantjies said the deceased was found wounded inside her vehicle with two gunshots to the driver side of her vehicle around 08:00. <br>&#8220;She died on the scene,&#8221; Jantjies confirmed. &#8220;Investigations are still in an early stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A neighbour who witnessed the aftermath described the shocking discovery of Tuesday&#8217;s shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The neighbour, a tenant living on the adjacent property, explained how she initially misinterpreted the gunshots: &#8220;I went up and looked out my bedroom curtain. 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