Cop kills couple, shoots own son and commits suicide
17 December
2014 11:22
A police officer shot and
killed his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, critically wounded his two-year-old
son, and then turned the gun on himself in Temba, north of Pretoria.
Constable Ali Nkuna, 31,
stationed at the Garsfontein police station, killed his ex-girlfriend Fenkie
Tlenyana, 31, and Onkgopotse Motshwanedi, 29, at about 8pm last night, said
Captain Doniah Mothutsane today.
“The family alleges that
the couple was standing at the gate when they suddenly saw Fenkie running into
the house screaming for help.”
Nkuna, the father of her
two-year-old son, chased her into the house.
“Nkuna was carrying a
firearm and he allegedly jumped through the bedroom window where Tlenyane had
locked herself inside the bedroom,” said Mothutsane.
“He shot her three times in
the upper body. She was carrying their son at the time and one bullet struck
the child in the right cheek.”
Nkuna shot himself in the
right side of the head. He died on the scene.
“The family later saw
Onkgopotse lying dead at the gate as well,” said Mothutsane.
The child was taken to
George Mukhari hospital in a critical condition.
Police were investigating.
- Sapa
