{"id":1676427,"date":"2021-06-14T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/off-duty-cop-killed-while-allegedly-stealing-bricks-f7276149-45a1-45fc-a9dd-cc6ee1f577fe\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T11:59:15","slug":"off-duty-cop-killed-while-allegedly-stealing-bricks-f7276149-45a1-45fc-a9dd-cc6ee1f577fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africannewsagency.com\/south-africa\/off-duty-cop-killed-while-allegedly-stealing-bricks-f7276149-45a1-45fc-a9dd-cc6ee1f577fe\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty cop killed while allegedly stealing bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An off-duty Cape Town police officer died after being shot on a construction site on Monday morning while stealing bricks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-body-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.syndication.prod.inl.infomaker.io\/?uuid=b5fb1e28-683c-5736-888f-cd503b0581bc&amp;function=np_crop&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;q=75&amp;width=960&amp;height=540&amp;x=1&amp;y=1&amp;z=0.5\" alt=\"Gavel and handcuffs.\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption>A corrupt police officer has been gunned down and two others arrested for stealing bricks at a construction site in Cape Town. File photo: SAPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CAPE TOWN, June 14 (ANA) &#8211; An off-duty Cape Town police officer died after being shot on a construction site on Monday morning while allegedly stealing bricks.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said two more suspects were arrested at the construction site.<\/p>\n<p>She said Harare police were patrolling the area during the early hours of the morning when they came across a light-duty delivery vehicle loading bricks at a construction site.<\/p>\n<p>Potelwa said officers approached the vehicle and four suspects fled the site.<\/p>\n<p>Officers managed to arrest two suspects with the help of on-site security guards.<\/p>\n<p>She said as officers were loading the suspects into the police van, they came under gunfire and returned fire.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman shooting at them was hit. The suspect was taken to the hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>It was later discovered that the deceased gunman was an off-duty police officer who was attached to the Khayelitsha Tactical Response Team (TRT).<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation by police led them to the home of the deceased officer, where a generator stolen during a business robbery was found.<\/p>\n<p>Potelwa said officers also discovered the firearm used by the deceased officer to shoot at the police was the service pistol registered in his name.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle found to be used for loading the bricks at the construction site also belonged to the deceased officer.<\/p>\n<p>Potelwa said the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has been informed about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Acting police commissioner of the Western Cape Major-General Thembisile Patekile decried police officials involved in crime.<\/p>\n<p>Patekile said not only do the officers tarnish the name of the South African Police Service (SAPS), 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