Police probing Parkwood triple murder

THREE people were shot dead while a fourth was wounded when unknown suspects opened fire on them from a white vehicle in Kiewiet Way, Parkwood on Sunday night.

Police spokesperson Andre Traut said detectives from the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) have since been roped in to investigate the circumstances leading to the triple murder.

“The incident claimed the lives of three men, believed to be in their thirties and forties. A fourth victim, aged 24, sustained injuries but declined medical assistance from emergency services at the scene,” said Traut.

In Lavender Hill, the AGU, responding to gang violence between rival gangs, recovered multiple firearms and arrested a man they believed belonged to a local gang at the weekend.

“Members attached to the Anti-Gang Unit and their Information Team followed up on information pertaining to the location of a firearm. The information led the members to an address in Parkin Court, Lavender Hill where a 35-year-old male who is affiliated to a local gang grouping, was arrested when the members recovered a 9mm pistol with nine 9mm rounds of ammunition.

“Further information led the team to the location of another firearm at a premises in Constitution Court, Lavender Hill. The information led to the arrest of a 49-year-old female for the unlawful possession of a chrome Browning 7.65mm Pistol with 12 7.65mm rounds of ammunition,” said police spokesperson FC Van Wyk.

While performing tracing operations, officers recovered fifteen 9mm rounds of ammunition abandoned on the staircase near a premises in Shepard Court, Lavender Hill. Van Wyk said no one was arrested for the ammunition.

Western Cape police recently acknowledged that a multidisciplinary policing approach was proving effective with some hot-spots showing stabilisation. This was part of their efforts to deal holistically with serious violent crime incidents plaguing some communities within the City of Cape Town district.

A stop and search operation due to ongoing shooting in Tafelsing resulted in the arrest of a man for the illegal possession of a firearm in Mitchells Plain on Sunday.

Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg said: “In an unrelated matter, members of Malmesbury police followed up information about a suspect who is wanted for attempted murder and searched the identified premises in Chatsworth. The members arrested the suspect fitting the description and upon further search of the premises they found a .38 Special revolver without a serial number with 35 rounds of ammunition hidden under the mattress in the Wendy house. A 21-year-old suspect was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.”

Cape Times