Officer hurt in police station shooting
October 25 2013 at 10:15am
By Natasha Prince
By Natasha Prince
Cape Argus
A policeman was
injured in a shooting at the Lansdowne police station on Wednesday night.
Photo: Cindy Waxa
Cape Town - Two men walked into
Lansdowne police station on Wednesday night and shot at a police officer
filling out the paperwork on a suspect who had walked in to hand himself over.
The suspect walked into the police
station at 1.35am and approached the front desk.
It is believed
the man had surrendered over
house-breaking and theft charges, but police declined to comment.
“All we can say is that there was a
warrant of arrest out for this man, and he handed himself in,” said provincial
police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk.
About 10 minutes later, while officers
were processing the man, two unidentified men walked in and pointed a firearm
at an officer on duty.
The man who police were processing
screamed, alerting another police officer.
A shot was fired at the police officer
sitting at the front desk.
The two men then ran out of the station
and fled in a white Bantam bakkie.
The officer was taken to a nearby
hospital where a flesh wound to his wrist was treated.
Van Wyk said he was in a “stable
condition”.
It is believed three officers were on
duty at the time - the officer at the front desk in the charge office and two others
elsewhere in the police station.
The man who handed himself over
appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Officers described one of the suspects
as tall with a dark complexion, while the other was wearing a red T-shirt.
Van Wyk said police were investigating
a case of attempted murder.
He said the the motive for the shooting
was not known. It is believed that the man who had handed himself in was not
linked to the shooting.
Anyone who can assist with information
is asked to contact the Lansdowne police on 021 700 9045 or Crime Stop on 08600
10111.
natasha.prince@inl.co.za
Cape Argus
