Another young Cape Town life taken violently
Man (19) dies in hail of bullets
CRIME SCENE: Lavender Hill, Cape Town: Another young life has been taken by the ongoing gang violence which is devastating families in the City.
On Thursday morning, 12 November 2026, a 19-year-old man died in a hail of bullets in Lavender Hill.
A Western Cape police media liaison officer, Thembakazi Mpendukana, confirmed that a murder case had been opened at Steenberg police station following the shooting incident which happened at the corner of St Christopher and St Alexander Circle, Lavender Hill at approximately 09:25.
“A 19-year-old male was shot multiple times on his body and was declared dead at the crime scene by medical personnel. No arrest has been made yet,” Mpendukana.
The shooting follows close on the heels of another fatal shooting which occurred in the neighbouring Seawinds, on Wednesday evening, 11 November 2026.
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in this incident.
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