Police detective gunned down inside KZN home

A female police detective was shot and killed at a residence in Oakford, near Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal, on Thursday afternoon. Prem Balram, spokesperson for Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa), said they received a call from residents reporting that a police officer was under attack. Balram said reaction officers were immediately dispatched and arrived at the property just before 2 pm.

“On arrival, officers found an elderly female seated outside the kitchen entrance of the home. A neighbour directed first responders into the residence. “Inside the house, the detective was located lying in a prone position between the kitchen and the living room.

She had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was found in a pool of blood. Several spent 9mm cartridges were recovered at the scene.” Balram said that witnesses on the scene said the woman arrived at her mother’s residence in a white BMW 320D shortly before the incident. “She left the vehicle door ajar while offloading food and entered the home.

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Two unidentified males allegedly followed her inside. Multiple shots were thereafter fired. The suspects then exited the house and fled in a white SUV.” Balram said the woman’s elderly mother was inside the residence at the time of the shooting.

She informed reaction officers that her daughter was a detective at the Point SAPS in Durban, KZN. “Officers contacted the Point SAPS, but were unable to confirm if the female was stationed at the precinct.

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