Jakkalsvlei
Een persoon dood, 2 beseer
Verdagtes vas kort ná skietery
MISDAADTONEEL: Bonteheuwel, Kaapstad: Verskeie verdagtes is gearresteer kort nadat een persoon dood geskiet en twee ander gewond is in ‘n skietvoorval Woensdagaand, 6 Mei 2026 in Bonteheuwel.
Die voorval het op die hoek van Jakkalsvlei-laan en Kiaatweg plaasgevind.
“Hierdie sinnelose daad kom nadat ons gewaarsku het oor moontlike vergeldingsvoorvalle na gisteraand se moord,” het die wyksraadslid vir Bonteheuwel, Angus McKenzie, Woensdag 6 Mei 2026 in ‘n Facebook-plasing gesê.
Op Dinsdag 5 Mei 2026 is ‘n jongman ook in Bonteheuwel doodgeskiet.
“Laat ons dit duidelik stel, die persoon wat ons vandag verloor het, was nie ‘n bendelid nie, maar ‘n onskuldige mens wat nie verdien het om ‘n slagoffer van hierdie aanhoudende siklus van geweld te word nie.”
Kort na die skietery ,het McKenzie gesê, het hulle geloofwaardige inligting van inwoners en ooggetuies via sy tip-off lyn ontvang.
“Daardie inligting is onmiddellik aan ons veiligheids- en sekuriteitspanne op die grond oorgedra. Hulle het binne minute opgetree. Die verdagtes se voertuig is geïdentifiseer, voorgekeer en deursoek.”
McKenzie het in sy Facebook-plasing gesê ‘n vuurwapen met ammunisie is gevind en verskeie verdagtes, wat aan die verskafde beskrywings voldoen, is aangekeer. Die verdagtes is gearresteer en is na die Bishop Lavis-polisiestasie geneem.
“Vanaand treur ons die verlies van ‘n onskuldige lewe. Gisteraand het ons ook ‘n lewe weens bendegeweld verloor. Maar te midde van hierdie pyn het die krag van die gemeenskap derugekom.”
McKenzie het bevestig die voertuig wat in Woensdagaand se skietery gebruik is, is ‘n paar dae gelede in Bridgetown, Athlone, gekaap.
Die verdagtes het die gekaapte motor se nommerplate verander.
One killed, two wounded in shooting
Quick arrests after murder
CRIME SCENE: Bonteheuwel, Cape Town: Swift action by the community and law enforcement saw a number of suspects arrested shortly after a person was killed and two wounded in a drive-by shooting incident in Bonteheuwel this evening, Wednesday, 6 May 2026.
The incident happened on the corner of Jakkalsvlei Avenue and Kiaat Way.
“This senseless act of violence comes in the wake of the warnings we issued regarding possible retaliation following last night’s killing,” said the ward councillor for Bonteheuwel, Angus McKenzie in a Facebook post this evening.
On Tuesday, 5 May 2026 a young man was also shot and killed in Bonteheuwel.
“Let us be clear the life lost today was not a gang member, but an innocent individual who did not deserve to become a victim of this ongoing cycle of violence.”
Shortly after the shooting, McKenzie said they received strong, credible information from residents and eyewitnesses via his tip-off line.
“That information was immediately relayed to our safety and security teams on the ground. Within minutes, they acted. The suspects’ vehicle was identified, stopped, and searched.”
McKenzie said in his Facebook post a” firearm with ammunition was recovered, and multiple suspects matching the provided descriptions were apprehended. All suspects have been arrested and will be processed at Bishop Lavis Police Station.
“Tonight, we mourn the loss of an innocent life. Last night, a life was also lost to gang violence. But in the midst of this pain, the power of community stood firm.”
He later said that the vehicle used in Wednesday evening’s shooting was confirmed hijacked a few days ago in Bridgetown, Athlone.
The suspects had changed the number plates.