BRAKPAN SERGEANT KILLS WIFE, INJURES FAMILY AND TURNS GUN ON HIMSELF

Lizzy Suping
IPID spokesperson

An inquest docket has been opened after the Brakpan Police Sergeant allegedly killed himself and wife following a domestic dispute.

It is alleged that, on 25 August 2025, at about 16:30, the Station Commander of the Brakpan Police Station contacted the accused officer who was out on work assignment in the Tsakane area,informing him that they needed to serve him with a protection order, that the wife had obtained against him.

The Station Commander also requested the Sergeant to hand over his firearm at the police station and provide proof afterwards.

The wife decided to overnight at her parents’ home in Brakpan after an engagement with the Police Management at the station.

The Sergeant allegedly followed the wife at her parents’ home where he fired shots which fatally wounded the wife, injured two kids aged between 15 and 13, the wife’s mother and their domestic worker.

All those who survived were taken to various medical centres for treatment.

After the incident the accused allegedly fled the crime scene in his car and was located in Secunda, Mpumalanga through a tracking device.

It is further alleged that when he realised that the police were on his trail, he turned the gun on himself killing himself.

At the Brakpan crime scene, 15 cartridge cases were discovered together with eight bullet fragments, one live bullet and two- five litre bottles of petrol.