Murder/suicide in Lenham

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) are currently standing off at the scene of a murder/suicide in Lenham – KZN.

Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Phoenix Operations Centre received multiple calls for assistance after a man gunned down a female on Goslen Place. Available Reaction Officers and RUSA Medics were dispatched and while en route received updated information that the shooter had turned the gun on himself in his flat on Hoplen Place.

On arrival at Goslen Place, RUSA Members discovered the body of a female believed to be in her late thirties lying on the road outside her property. She sustained a single gunshot wound to her head. Due to the extent of the injuries she was pronounced deceased. The body of her 39-year-old partner was discovered in his flat one road away from the initial shooting.

It is alleged that the couple was in a relationship. The man allegedly confronted the female outside her residence where they started to argue. He produced a firearm and shot her before he fled to his flat. The deceased’s teenage daughter from a previous relationship was in the house at the time of the incident.

The male requested a glass of water from his mother and requested to see his 13-year-old son from his first marriage when he returned to his home. He allegedly embraced his son before he shot himself in the head with a .38 Special. According to his mother, the male purchased the firearm on Saturday. The weapon is believed to be unlicensed but this is yet to be confirmed.

Circumstances surrounding the murder/suicide were not immediately established.