GQEBERHA – A 26-year-old suspect will appear in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Tuesday, 3 May 2022 on charges of murder and housebreaking following his arrest on Friday morning, 29 April 2022.

The Provincial Organised Crime Investigation (Gang Investigation) were on the hunt for the suspect after a 26-year-old was fatally gunned down in Barends Street in Salt Lake on Thursday 28 April 2022. It is alleged that at about 12:00 on the mentioned date, Sherwin Russouw was found in Barends Street with a gunshot wound in his back. He died in hospital.

On Friday morning, 29 April 2022, Provincial OCI and the Anti-Gang Unit members continued their search for the suspect. At about 11:30, as the suspect was exiting his yard in Salt Lake, he spotted the police officials and started running. A foot chase ensued and the suspect ran towards Barends Street. The suspect continued to jump over boundary walls and ignored all warnings to stop. The suspect was eventually apprehended after he broke into a house in Barends Street and hid. The owners were not at home at the time.

The motive for the shooting is under investigation.

Source: South African Police Service