Cape Town police launch manhunt after off-duty sergeant gunned down

WESTERN CAPE: Detectives and crime scene experts are gathering leads in Oliver Tambo Drive in Samora Machel this morning where an off duty police officer was shot and killed in cold blood, in an attempt to bring them closer to those responsible for this callous act of violence. At around 06:45 a 39-year-old sergeant stationed at Cape Town Central returned home after a 12-hour night shift when he was attacked by armed criminals in front of his residence. He sustained several gunshot wounds and succumbed to death on the crime scene. The victim was not armed with his service pistol at the time of the incident and it is still unclear whether he was killed for access to a firearm.