A woman and child have been killed and two others injured after a shooting incident at a residence in Brackenfell in the Western Cape early this morning.
ER24 paramedics were dispatched to Ultra Road just before 06h00 this morning. Upon arrival, paramedics found that one child, 14, lay in the living room with a gunshot wound to his head and was in a critical condition.
A second child, 14, was found in one of the bedrooms with a gunshot wound to his hand and arm. Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured child with advanced life support interventions.
Once the patients were treated, they were transported to Tygerberg Hospital for urgent treatment. While ER24 paramedics were treating the patients, Metro services responded to another shooting just opposite Ultra Road.
Upon arrival, Metro services found a mother and 14-year-old boy had bother sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Nothing could be done for the patients and they were declared dead on the scene.
The details surrounding the incident are not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.