‘Super-charged’ task team officers nab alleged gang shooter
While he “was still fantasising on having literally gotten away with murder”‚ a Hawks-led multi-disciplinary task team pounced. That’s how the “swift arrest of a 29-year-old suspect who shot randomly‚ killing four people and critically injuring one in what was believed gang-related violence” was described on Tuesday.Following the alleged gunman’s attack on Sunday in the Northern Area of Port Elizabeth‚ Hawks national head Lieutenant-General Mthandazo Ntlemeza and provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Celiwe Binta visited the scene and told “residents that no stone will be left unturned in pursuit of the perpetrators”.“The officers were super-charged (and) went out of their way to restore peace and stability‚” a statement enthused.“…The team pounced on him at the Stanford Road off-ramp along the N2 road in Gelvandale‚ where he was a passenger in a vehicle on Tuesday morning.”Binta praised the task team who “worked tirelessly following up information which led to the arrest of the suspect and we are confident that more suspects will be arrested soon”.“The days of criminals terrorising our law-abiding citizens are over and we will ensure that our members keep criminals at bay at all time.”..
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