Overview
- Two teenagers were killed and five others wounded, ages 13 to 19, after attackers opened fire on a group outside a house on Croesus Street.
- Acting Gauteng police commissioner Fred Kekana said three of the four suspects have been identified and police have video footage of their movements, but no arrests have been made.
- National police commissioner Fannie Masemola urged the four teenage suspects to surrender and appealed for witnesses to come forward, warning that some community members are shielding gangsters.
- Specialised units, including the Provincial Anti-Gang Unit and SAPS Forensic Services, processed the scene as District Crime Intelligence was mobilised to trace the suspects.
- The Gauteng legislature’s community safety committee called for intensified seizures of illegal firearms, an urgent audit of lost guns, deployment of specialised police units, and parallel youth and social interventions to curb gang recruitment.