Police confiscate getaway car allegedly used in Dowerglen High School shooting

Three suspects have been arrested, following a shooting incident at Dowerglen High School in Edenvale on Wednesday in which a pupil was wounded, reports Kempton Express.

Provincial police spokesperson Capt Mavela Masondo said: “Police are investigating a case of attempted murder to establish the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident in which a learner was struck by stray bullets.

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“Preliminary reports indicate security guards were responding to an alert of a business burglary at a nearby telecommunication tower when they spotted four suspects inside the premises. Two suspects were arrested on the scene and the other two fled on foot.”

The other two suspects who were nailed by the police. Photograph: SAPS

“It is alleged that one of the suspects ran into the school premises, and that was when shots were fired and one learner inside a classroom was shot and injured. The learner was taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.

“Police continued with the search for the remaining suspects and found one of them hiding in a nearby house and he was arrested. Police have seized an Isuzu bakkie believed to have been used by the suspects during the commission of the crime at the telecommunication company premises.”

This vehicle was seized by police after the incident. Photograph: SAPS

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