Overview
- Police traced a vehicle linked to a robbery and pursued it along the N2, which ended in a shootout at KwaMsane just after midnight on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
- Authorities say two suspects died at the scene and a third, initially believed fatally wounded, regained consciousness and was taken to hospital under police guard.
- Officers recovered three firearms at the KwaMsane scene and reported at least three other suspects escaped and remain the focus of an active manhunt.
- In a separate Benoni operation over the weekend, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police officers ended a kidnapping after a chase and crash, freeing the victim and arresting two suspects.
- EMPD seized a 9mm pistol with a filed-off serial number and multiple bank cards in Benoni, a 34-year-old faces kidnapping and weapons charges, and forensic probes are ongoing in both cases.