Following a shooting incident that left three men dead and another seriously wounded in Gugulethu on New Year’s Day, serious violent crime detectives armed with crucial intelligence arrested two suspects in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The arrests were effected in Goodwood and Blue Downs. As investigations unfold the detectives have set their sight on another suspect.
The shooting incident is alleged to have occurred in NY 137, Gugulethu on Monday, 1 January 2024. Reports at the disposal of police indicate the victims were in a vehicle about to drop off someone when another vehicle with occupants emerged and several shots were fired. As a consequence three people died from the first vehicle and a third one was taken to a medical facility after sustaining serious injuries.
Since the incident occurred provincial serious violent crime detectives have been hard at work in pursuit of the perpetrators of the act. Early on this morning the detectives with crime intelligence pounced on the suspects at different locations. The suspects, aged 26 and 36 are expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 5 January 2024 on charges of murder and attempted murder. The motive for the shooting incident is the subject of the police investigation currently underway.