Overview
- Police said officers arrived on Eleanor Street in Valhalla Park and found a six-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the head, then rushed her to a medical facility.
- According to police, rival gangs opened fire and the child was hit in the crossfire as the shooters fled.
- Bishop Lavis detectives opened an attempted murder case and said they are following up on leads.
- Local reporting says the girl is fighting for her life after being struck by a stray bullet.
- A community leader condemned the violence and questioned the impact of the South African National Defence Force deployment, which was ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa for a year to fight organised crime.