Mitchells Plain community in shock after broad daylight shooting

THE Mitchells Plain community policing forum says the shooting of another person who left the court on Monday was a clear hit.

Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) Chairperson Norman Janjies told the Daily Voice there was no end to the bloodshed within the community.

This after a 32-year-old man was shot at Town Centre, Eastridge just after midday on Monday.

The shooting comes days after City Safety and Security chief JP Smith announced that new CCTV cameras were installed in the area. 

Jantjies said: “What we know from (the) incident is that the person was coming from court.

"I think the case was involving maintenance. It was clearly an execution, but we do not know the perpetrators.

“We hope the police will try and use the video footage to try and identify the perpetrators. We also heard that he could be affiliated with one of the gang leaders in Mitchells Plain.”

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie confirmed that Mitchells Plain police are investigating the murder.

Pojie said: “Preliminary information reveals that the deceased and a friend were on their way from the court en route to a shop when two unknown men with masks approached them and one opened fire on the deceased who succumbed to a gunshot wound to the head.”

He added that the motive for the attack is gang-related and arrests are yet to be made.

Meanwhile, the DA has called on the national acting police minister Firoz Cachalia to have an urgent meeting with provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembikile Patekile to craft a plan to stop the killings on the Cape Flats.

DA National Council of Provinces (NCOP) member for security and justice Nicholas Gotsell said the call comes after the Minister’s attempt to tell gangs to “stop it” had no impact.

Gotsell explains: “Since Saturday afternoon, Mitchells Plain alone has recorded at least twelve murders, while Kalkfontein saw a mass shooting claiming three lives shortly after the fatal stabbing of a matriculant. 

“Beacon Valley and Bishop Lavis also had mass shootings, which resulted in double murders, all of which were gang-related.”

Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use MySAPS Mobile application anonymously.

Cape Times