Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Man op toneel dood verklaar
Twee in Ottery geskiet
MISDAADTONEEL: Ottery, Kaapstad: ‘n Man is dood en nog een gewond tydens ‘n skietery in Ottery Woensdagmiddag, 20 Mei 2026.
Volgens sersant Wesley Twigg, ‘n mediaskakelbeampte vir die Wes-Kaapse polisie, het die skietery omstreeks 17:20 in Hooggenoeg-hof, Ottery, plaasgevind.
Twigg het gesê ‘n 42-jarige man is deur onbekende verdagtes genader. Hulle het hom geskiet en van die toneel gevlug.
“Die slagoffer is op die toneel deur mediese personeel dood verklaar, terwyl ‘n 59-jarige man deur ‘n dwaalkoeël getref en na die hospitaal geneem is vir behandeling,” het hy gesê.
Mense met inligting oor die voorval kan Crime Stop kontak by 08600 10111 of die MySAPS-App anoniem gebruik.
Gunmen target Ottery flats
Shooter kills man, wounds another
CRIME SCENE: Ottery, Cape Town: A man was killed and another wounded during a shooting in Ottery on Wednesday afternoon, 20 May 2026.
According to Sergeant Wesley Twigg, a media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, the shooting occurred at about 17:20 in Hooggenoeg Court, Ottery.
Twigg said a 42-year-old man was approached by unknown suspects who shot him before fleeing the scene.
“The victim was declared dead on the scene by medical personnel, while a 59-year-old was hit by a stray bullet and taken to hospital for treatment,” he said.
Anyone with any information about this incident can contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the MySAPS mobile App anonymously..