Arrest made in connection with killing of off-duty Sandton officer
Hawks spokesperson confirms the arrest of the alleged suspect behind the murder of an off-duty Sandton police officer who was killed at a street barber shop in Bramley View.
The Hawks have confirmed that an arrest was recently made in connection with the killing of an off-duty police officer at a street barber shop in Bramley View.
The officer, a member of the Sandton police, was getting his hair cut on the corner of Keefe and Vangelder roads when an unknown gunman shot him in the forehead.
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According to Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha, the vehicle suspected to have been the getaway vehicle was identified and traced to the Bramley View neighbourhood.
“On September 15, a multi-disciplinary operation was conducted, led by the Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, in concert with K9, Metro police, Local Criminal Record Centre and Saturated Unit [and] the suspect was consequently arrested at his residence.”
Ramovha added that the firearm suspected to have been used in the incident was also seized, subject to a ballistic enquiry.
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The suspected appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on September 19.
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