Inquest to be held into death of Pretoria shooter

17 October 2016 - 18:59 By Neo Goba

The police have opened an inquest docket into the death of a man who shot and killed three people at a residential complex in Moreleta Park‚ Pretoria. The 53-year-old resident held two police officers and three security guards hostage at The Meadows last Wednesday. Police recover three licensed guns at hostage taker's Pretoria homePolice have recovered three licensed firearms at a house in a security complex where four people died in a hostage drama at Moreleta Park in Pretoria. The hostages were freed after a seven-hour standoff. "A docket of three counts of murder is opened against the suspect and an inquest docket will be investigated with regards to the death of the suspect‚" said Captain David Miller. 508 hostage cases in a year‚ with few ending tragically - SAPS are good‚ says independent expertA fatality free hostage situation sounds about for right for our local police who are well trained hostage negotiators‚ according a crime expert. Four people‚ including the gunman‚ died during the standoff. Miller said police would only release the names of the deceased once all of their next-of-kin had been informed.He said all the dead were males aged between 48 and 55. Two were residents and the third was caretaker Edward Gobey‚ a husband and father of two. Miller said that police were still investigating whether or not the killer had any previous criminal records and whether he was a former policeman. - TMG Digital..

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