Killarney Mall shooting: Man kills wife before turning gun on himself

According to Vision Tactical, their units as well as “SAPS and relevant authorities” one the scene. The case is being handled as a domestic issue:

“Reported domestic issue, male shot female in a retail shop and then turned the gun on himself, both male and female died on [the] scene”.

Vision Tactical

Killarney Mall JHB: Man shot his wife dead and then took his own life.

— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) December 24, 2019

Shots fired at Killarney Mall

Vision Tactical confirmed in an update report that the victim worked at Killarney Mall. According to eyewitnesses, the armed man entered her place of employed and started arguing.

The team stated that the man “shoved her into the office at the back of the store […] with another employee,” where he shot the victim “numerous times.”

UPDATE KILLARNEY MALL INCIDENT : MAN SHOT WOMAN DEAD & THEN SWITCHED HIS OWN LIGHTS OFF WITH SAME WEAPON. 2 DEAD.

— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) December 24, 2019

He then turned the gun on himself. The Vision Tactical team arrived within minutes. First responders confirm that both the man and woman had already succumbed to their injuries.

“We then alerted our emergency control room to contact the SAPS, JMPD and emergency services who responded to the scene.”

Vision Tactical spokesperson, Yaseen Theba

Killarney Mall management said in a now-deleted tweet that a “domestic dispute took place in which was fatalities.” The team also thanked “SAPS and SGG for their response and assistance in the matter.”

They added that the “deceased family is in our thoughts.”

Domestic abuse is a joke in South Africa

Unfortunately, the Killarney Mall shooting also highlighted the sad reality that domestic abuse and the murder of women is still a joke to many. A quick glance at responses to the incident proves just that.

After Abramjee shared the news on Twitter, one user who refrained from tweeting under his real name said, “Shopping is always hard with the spouse.

The tweet had more than 30 likes, and another user responded: “Its [sic] always difficult with unfinished issues coupled with shopping without a shopping list.”

Another user “wondered what drove” the man to kill his wife, while yet another remarked that women and their “love for cash” are the reasons for “so many killings”:

“Some women have commercialized relationships that’s why there are so many killings bcos [sic] it’s more of a deal that a relationship. It’s love for cash.”

Another user said – we could go on but we’ll stop here – that women provoke men into killing them:

“#WomenAreTrash. They provoke man, you give them everything but they will still cheat just for sitting in the front seat of a car of a dude that’s also married.”