Overview
- Six people were killed and three injured when gunmen in two vehicles opened fire in Reiger Park before fleeing, according to Gauteng police.
- National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola visited on Sunday, ordered additional deployments, and said specialized teams would remain to stabilize the area.
- Masemola met Acting Gauteng Commissioner Major General Fred Kekana and senior officers leading specialized units, and he pledged extra detectives for local cases.
- Kekana said the attack followed the funeral of an alleged gangster and noted prior Anti-Gang Unit monitoring, while police maintain the motive remains under investigation.
- Residents called for greater police visibility, a family recounted a father dying while shielding his child, and a video purporting to capture the shooting circulated on social media.