Police and Bull Security at the scene were a reaction officer was shot during a house burglary.
A reaction officer from Bull Security was shot and killed in line of duty in Tuesday morning, in Waterkloof.
JP van Niekerk and his fellow officer Neil Botha were attending to a house-burglary when a gun-fight ensued and he was shot by one of the five robbers.
One robber was also shot and killed and another critically injured.
“We received a phone call around 01:50 from one of our clients that there were robbers in the house. I called JP for back up,” Botha said.
On arrival, Botha went to the back door and Van Niekerk to the front door.
“A shootout ensued and JP was shot. One of the robbers was shot dead too,” explained Botha.
Paramedics were called.
“I tried to resuscitate him before the paramedic’s arrived,” said Botha.
According to police spokesperson Warrant Officer Hero Gumbu, five men gained entry into the house through the back door.
Gumbu said three of them were still at large.
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