A 34-year-old woman was shot dead at her home in Waterloo, north of Durban, on Friday afternoon.
Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) spokesperson Prem Balram said a Rusa crew was dispatched to the scene at about 4:03 p.m.
On arrival, reaction officers found the woman lying on the ground at the back of the house.
“The woman sustained a gunshot wound to the face and another to the left shoulder and showed no signs of life. She was pronounced dead at the scene,” Balram said.
He added that the victim’s children, aged 17 and 13, reportedly heard a loud noise moments before discovering their mother lying in a pool of blood behind the house.
The motive for the killing has not yet been established.
