Residents in Wesbank, Mfuleni are reeling in shock after another innocent life was lost. The latest victim is four-year-old Davin Afrika who was killed by a stray bullet whilst sleeping on Friday night.
Monday would have been his fifth birthday.
Mom, Undean Koopman, 38, says this incident opened deep
wounds for her after losing a second child to gang violence. Kelly-Amber
Koopman, 12, was shot and killed in
November 2023 during load shedding to unknown gunmen
Western Cape police confirmed the incident.
‘’The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident on
Friday evening, 14 February at about 10.30pm in Happiness Street, Wesbank,
where a boy was shot and fatally wounded and a 30-year-old male shot and
wounded are under investigation. Police members responded to a complaint of a
shooting and upon arrival on the scene they found the victims with gunshot
wounds to their bodies,’’ said Sergeant Wesley Twigg, Western Cape police
spokesperson.
“The four-year-old victim was declared deceased on the
scene by medical personnel, while the other victim was taken to a medical facility
for medical treatment. The motive for the attack is yet to be determined. The
suspect/s fled the scene and are yet to be arrested,’’ he added.
Koopman says a birthday party will still go ahead in Davin’s
memory.
“On Monday it would have been Davin’s 5th birthday and we
all prepared for a Spiderman party because that is what he asked for. On Monday
we will host the party in his memory. They caught the men that shot Kelly and
we know they will go on trial soon.”
Done by: Mitchum George
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