- The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in the Western Cape is investigating the murder of a Table View police officer.
- The officer was fatally wounded in a shooting incident in the Site 5 informal settlement in Table View on Sunday.
- The reason for the shooting remains unclear.
A Table View police officer lost his life in a shooting incident in the Site 5 informal settlement in Table View on Sunday 19 November.
According to police reports the suspects fled with the policeman’s firearm.
Brig Novela Potelwa, a police spokesperson, said the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident were the subject of a police investigation currently in the hands of DPCI (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) detectives with the motive expected to be unravelled as the investigation unfolds.
The reason for the shooting remains unclear.
“Western Cape police management is saddened by this attack on a police officer,” Potelwa said. “Messages of condolences were conveyed to the slain police captain’s family and colleagues.”
The identity of the 54-year-old victim is yet to be released.
