Murder and attempted murder

Media Advisory
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Eastern Cape

GQEBERHA – It is alleged that on Wednesday 29 May at about 08:00, police attended to a complaint of shooting at the corners of Fitchardt and Standford Roads in Helenvale. Two gang members were sitting in a passageway when the rival gang members started firing shots at them. As they ran, the deceased, Evandre Petrus, aged 29, fell in the passage and died. The other person did not sustain any injuries. The incident is gang related and not election related.

As investigation unfolded, the Provincial Organised Crime Investigation (Gang Investigation) followed up on information and arrested a 27-year-old suspect. He is detained on a charge of murder and attempted murder.

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