“He grew up as a sweet child, he was always smiling and would rarely seem angry. We are shocked and shattered as a family,” those were the words the deceased’s aunt uttered about her nephew.
This follows after close neighbours heard loud screams in the late hours of Sunday July 24, which led to two people’s death after a shooting incident.
The ordeal happened at Jackaroo Park where it is alleged that a 36 year old man was at a pub drinking, he called it a night and phoned his 33 year old wife to come and fetch him and take him home.
It is alleged that their conflict started in the car all the way to their marital home they were renting at Clearwater Estate. When they got home the disagreement continued and heated up to a point where the man allegedly took out his gun and shot his wife.
“It seemed as if she was running for her life as she ran and locked herself in one of the bedrooms,” mentioned a family member.
This was followed by the man opening the door and firing two shots at the woman and after a couple of minutes shot himself in the chest.
“When the woman’s family arrived at the house, they found everything upside down; the kitchenware was on the floor. The kitchen window was opened which seems that before she ran to one of the bedrooms she tried to escape using the kitchen door.” the family member said.
The woman’s sister-in-law mentioned that she was a humble, polite and sweet human being.
“Those close to her will testify that she was a Christian and not much of a talker. I cannot pin point any wrong doing she was ever involved in. She will be dearly missed. We as a family cannot believe that she is no more, it will take time for us to heal,” said the sad woman.
The man was raised by his aunt following the death of his father at a young age. She was just as shocked as everyone else in the family when she heard of her nephew pulling a trigger at his wife.
“He grew up an active child, loved going to church and socialising with others,” she said with a heavy heart.
It was in this house that a woman and a man lost their lives after an alleged heated argument which ended in a shooting incident. The ordeal took place at Jackaroo Park on July 24.
She further stated that this is a sad time for the family as for starters they did not know he had a gun, never mind not knowing how to use it.
“We do not know what exactly happened as we do not have evidence of the event, but I am sure it was not planned. We are extremely shattered,” continued the woman.
She described the family as one that loves to go on vacations and have family gatherings as often as they can. And now with him gone, family gatherings will never be the same again.
Both their funerals will be held on Saturday, July 30 at Extension five and Dennilton respectively. They leave behind three children. Police that attended the scene confiscated two firearms.
The two deceased have not been identified yet.
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