Inquest docket opened after Brakpan SAPS sergeant killed wife, injured kids & turned gun on himself

JOHANNESBURG - An inquest docket has been opened after a police sergeant from Brakpan in Joburg’s East Rand allegedly shot and killed his wife, injured his children and then turned a gun on himself.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said that the officer was served with a protection order from his wife, following a domestic dispute.

He was also asked to hand over his firearm at his station in Brakpan.

It's alleged he followed his wife, who left with their children to stay with her parents, where he shot and killed her.

Their two children, his mother-in-law and a helper were also wounded during the shooting.

IPID spokesperson Lizzy Suping said the officer then fled the scene in his car and was later found dead in Secunda, Mpumalanga

“It is further alleged that when he realised that the police were on his trail, he turned the gun on himself. Killing himself. At the Brakpan crime scene, 15 cartridge cases were discovered together with eight bullet fragments, one live bullet and two litre bottles of petrol.”