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Manenberg police detectives have arrested three suspects wanted in connection with separate murder and attempted-murder cases.
According to Manenberg police spokesperson Captain Ian Bennett, a 31-year-old man was on the run since June last year after he allegedly shot at three friends at a house in Waterberg Road, Heideveld.
The man was also wanted in connection with the murder of 48-year-old Anthony Harrison, of Ascension Road, Heideveld, on August 7, last year.
“According to eyewitnesses, the victim was standing with his 7-year-old son when the 31-year-old perpetrator walked up to him and shot him at point-blank range, hitting him in the face and upper body, killing him instantly. He has also been linked to several shooting incidents.”
He was arrested on Friday January 12, when he visited relatives in Manenberg.
On Friday January 5, at 3.30am, two brothers from Bonteheuwel helped someone along the N2 who needed assistance with his broken-down vehicle.
Captain Bennett said that as they had walked along the N2 to the Jakes Gerwel Drive on-ramp they had been chased by unidentified men.
One of the two brothers being chased had then stopped and walked up to the pursuers to talk to them, but the men had shot him, killing him instantly, before fleeing, said Captain Bennett said.
A 24-year-old man, believed to be a gang member from Bonteheuwel, was arrested later that day.
In a separate incident, another 24-year-old man, believed to be a Hard Livings gang member from Manenberg, was arrested on Monday January 1 after he was pointed out as a suspect who had allegedly fired several shots at a 27-year-old woman in Renoster Road, Manenberg, earlier that day, at 6.50am.
“The woman was shot in her hand. It seems as if she was caught in the crossfire of rival gangs shooting at each other on New Year's Day,” Captain Bennett said.
Captain Bennett said that in all three cases, Detective Sergeant Daryl van Noie had been instrumental in making the arrests.
Anyone with information about crime, can contact Manenberg SAPS at 021 699 9400 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111.