CRIME SCENE: Retreat, Cape Town: Two people were reportedly shot in the same street in Cafda Village on Wednesday 23 September 2026.

In the first incident on Wednesday morning just after 11am a man was shot and wounded on a field next to Elsie Manning Street. According to reports the victim was walking to a nearby shop when he was attacked.

He was taken to hospital, but unconfirmed reports state he died on his way there.

Then, at approximately 21:40, the police responded to another shooting incident in Elsie Manning, according to a Western Cape Police Media Liaison Officer, Captain FC Van Wyk. “Upon arrival, members found the body of a 29-year-old male who sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.

 “According to reports occupants in a white Toyota Etios and grey Peugeot shot him while on his bicycle.  He dropped the bike and ran, but collapsed and died. The motive is believed to be gang related. Steenberg police registered a murder case for investigation,” said Van Wyk.

In a third shooting on the same day in the Greater Retreat-Steenberg area, a man was killed and two others wounded at about 17:40 in St Alexander Street, Montague Village.

According to the police the shots were fired from a white minibus.

No arrests have yet been made.