Gang violence victim
Hanover Park residents call for police station shake-up
Hanover Park community members are calling for a shake-up at their local police station to quell gang violence.
The alleged 28s gang boss was travelling with a friend in an Audi R8 when gunmen opened fire on the vehicle.
It’s understood a local gang clashed with community members at a tavern in the area at the weekend.
A small group of protesters marched to Parliament to demand an end to gang violence.
The department has refuted eyewitness claims that metro police did not intervene.
There have been a rash of deadly shootings there in recent days, most of which are gang-related.
No arrests have been made in connection with a spate of shootings in Bonteheuwel & Hanover Park.
The area has been gripped by gang violence for years .
Sadiqah Lipard has succumbed to her wounds in hospital after she was shot while playing outside.
Enrico Harrison and Selfiro Petersen are accused of shooting 10-year-old Jayden Smith.
Two rival all female gangs are fighting over who gets to recruit new members from the school.
Jayden Smith died after he was struck by a gangster's stray bullet outside his home last week.
The young female victims are said to have been caught in the crossfire between rival gangs in Bishop Lavis.
The two men, believed to be gang members, face one charge of murder for the death of a boy on Tuesday.
The boy’s father and another man were also wounded in the shooting in Grassy Park.
Residents intend marching to the homes of gangsters to request them to stop shooting.
In the most recent incident, police apprehended a suspect following a fatal shooting in the area last night.
Jaylen Scalurd was hit by a stray bullet and died during a suspected gang shooting.
Saldanha Bay residents say the Diazville community is being held hostage by youth gangs.