Tembisa South SAPS members responded to a scene in UMfuyaneng Section, Tembisa, in the early hours of Saturday morning after a 29-year-old security officer was shot and killed. The incident occurred not far from Muduopo Primary School.
The security officer was inside his vehicle when he was shot. He attempted to drive away from the scene but the vehicle struck a wall at a nearby house roughly 100 metres from the original location of the attack.
Witness accounts indicate the incident may have involved a hijacking and robbery. A 39-year-old male e-hailing driver who had been asleep in his car next to the security officer’s vehicle was kidnapped. The e-hailing driver was also robbed of cash and a cellphone.
Police are investigating the matter.
UMfuyaneng Section (also referred to locally as Umfuyaneni) forms part of Tembisa on the East Rand in Gauteng. The area is a densely populated township section where residents and those working night shifts, including security personnel and e-hailing drivers, often park or remain in vehicles during early morning hours. The proximity of the scene to Muduopo Primary School places the incident within a residential and educational zone of the township.
According to the information available, the security officer was the sole fatality. The second victim, the e-hailing driver, survived the ordeal after being kidnapped and robbed. No further details on the number of suspects, the type of firearm used, or any recovery of the stolen items have been released at this stage.
Tembisa South SAPS has taken charge of the investigation. As is standard procedure in cases involving fatal shootings, possible vehicle-related crime and kidnapping, detectives are expected to examine the scene, collect ballistic and forensic evidence, take statements from witnesses, and review any available CCTV or cellphone data that may assist in identifying those responsible.
The case remains open. Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is urged to contact Tembisa South SAPS or the nearest police station.
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