Nurse gunned down on route to work in Oakford

A 27 year old nurse was shot and killed outside a clinic in Oakford – Verulam..

The Reaction Unit South Africa Verulam Operations Centre received a call from a member of public reporting a woman lying in her vehicle at the entrance of the Oakford clinic. The caller went on to explain that the female had sustained multiple gun shot wounds.

Reaction Officers and Medics were dispatched to the scene and upon arrival it was established that the Kwamashu resident was rushed to Osindisweni Hospital privately where she was pronounced deceased upon arrival.

According to the deceased’s colleagues they heard multiple gunshots being fired outside the clinic. Upon investigation they found the critically injured woman lying in her silver Kia Rio. She had sustained gunshot wounds to her head and hand. There was no sign of the gunman and the motive for the shooting has not been established at this stage.

The deceased is the mother of a two year old boy.