The 32-year-old Sea Point police constable who was seriously injured in a shooting on Saturday at the New Somerset Hospital died early Sunday morning, according to Western Cape police.
“The death of the police officer was confirmed by the hospital,” said police spokesperson Brig Novela Potelwa.
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Two patients were also killed when a man allegedly grabbed the police officer’s firearm and began firing shots. Potelwa stated that an investigation into the incident’s circumstances was underway.
According to reports from the scene, Sea Point police were transporting a 35-year-old suspect to Somerset Hospital for medical attention when a man in the ward grabbed a police officer’s firearm and shot him in the head.
“The man then shot two patients who were in his proximity. Both died on the scene,” she said.
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She stated that SAPS officers on the scene disarmed and arrested the suspect. Potelwa stated that the names of two other people killed, aged 42 and 48, have yet to be released. Lt-Gen Thembisile Patekile, the Western Cape provincial commissioner, has expressed condolences to the deceased officer’s family.