Crime
Off-duty officer shot and killed in Rhodesfield
The police officer was sitting in a vehicle in front of a student accommodation with a female passenger.
An off-duty Sebenza police officer was shot dead on Firefly Street in Rhodesfield, Kempton Park, on Saturday.
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Spokesperson for the Kempton Park SAPS, Sergeant Dipuo Ditshego, said that the police officer was sitting in a vehicle in front of a student accommodation with a female passenger.
“They were approached by three suspects driving a white VW Polo,’’ she said.
Ditshego added that numerous shots were fired by the suspects before they took the officer’s service pistol and his blue Hyundai Tucson.
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She added that the motive behind the shooting was unknown and would form part of a detailed police investigation.
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