FREE STATE. – A 57-year-old man died on Wednesday afternoon (21 October) after allegedly shooting himself with a revolver during an incident in Wilgehof, Bloemfontein. According to police, the man allegedly fired several shots in the direction of an 18-year-old but did not hit him. The man then allegedly shot himself in the presence of a 20-year-old woman who was on the property.
Capt. Loraine Earle, police spokesperson in the Free State, says emergency personnel, private security companies and police received an emergency call about the shooting incident at approximately 14:30. The man was declared dead at the scene by paramedics. A case of attempted murder and an inquest are being investigated by police.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
