At 11.30pm on Tuesday 6 March residents in a building
complex in Garrick Laan were rudely awakened by the sound of small calibre
shots. The shots, fired from the
direction of two adjoining properties in Kingfisher Street, extinguished three
of the five security lights, littering the walkway with shards of glass and
plastic.
With a car in the complex having been broken into on Sunday
night, St Lucia Police were notified immediately and dispatched to the scene in
good time. The crime scene was
photographed, statements were taken and the area patrolled but the Police
failed to enter the two neighbouring properties from which the shots had been
fired, although they agreed that the shots had originated from there. One resident with some military background
recognised the sound of the shots as belonging to either an air rifle or a .22
calibre weapon, and I myself witnessed the last of the lights being shot.
Unfortunately no suspects were apprehended but a criminal
case has been opened and handed over to Mtubatuba CID for further
investigation.
On inspection of the damage during daylight hours, the
maintenance men brought to the residents' attention that two of the numerous
bullet/pellet holes in one light fitting were old, leading them to the
conclusion that last night was not the first time such an event had taken
place.
If anybody in the St Lucia Community saw or heard anything,
you are urged to contact St Lucia Police on 035 590 1221 and quote crime
reference number 286 3/2012.
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