Overview
- A targeted shooting on Rio Grande Walk in Manenberg on 17 June left a 22-year-old man dead and six people injured, police say.
- Responding officers came under fire and a 42-year-old SAPS officer suffered head shrapnel wounds before suspects fled in a silver-grey vehicle.
- Manenberg SAPS has opened one murder docket and six attempted murder counts while the Western Cape Anti‑Gang Unit leads active investigations.
- Detectives are also probing a separate late‑night attack in Grassy Park that killed four men and critically injured a fifth, with no arrests in either case.
- Police have issued public appeals for information, deployed extra operational units to stabilise neighbourhoods, and warned that community silence and fast-moving vehicles complicate the manhunts.