SAPS is investigating six counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and an inquest across three districts, after an 26-year-old security guard shot and killed six people in a shooting on Sunday, 12 September in the Estcourt, Mooi River and Kranskop areas.
The security guard, shot and killed his 40-year-old colleague at New Formosa in Estcourt. “The victim sustained gunshot wounds to the head and his body was dumped in the veld where police later found it,” said SAPS provincial spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker. Brigadier Naicker said following the initial murder, the suspect went to a farm in Mooi River where he killed another security guard,42. The suspect then proceeded to Bruntville in Mooi River where he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend’s sister,34, as well as three children aged between five and 13-years-old. After fleeing the scene, he went to his ex-girlfriend’s place of employment on Alexandra Terrace where he fired several shots at the woman and bolted. SAPS said the victim, 25, was conveyed to hospital where she remains in a critical condition. The suspect fled the scene towards Kranskop where police officers intercepted him. He resisted arrest and opened fire at the police officers. The suspect was fatally wounded in the ensuing shootout.
