Gun violence continues to grip the Atlantis community, just days after a series of fatal shootings that claimed four lives, including a teenage girl.  

The latest shooting took place on Sunday morning, leaving two victims wounded in what is believed to be a gang-related attack. 

Western Cape SAPS spokesperson, Captain F.C. Van Wyk, confirmed that police responded to the incident at about 06:45 on 1 March. Officers were patrolling the Dura Flats area at the time when they heard gunshots.  

They followed the sound to Bossanger Street in Robinvale, where they gave chase to two people fleeing the scene.  

“The members saw that the suspects threw something away and upon returning to the place where the items were thrown, the members found two firearms, a 9mm pistol with two 9mm cartridges and a black Ekol Viper 4.5 revolver,” said Van Wyk.  

The suspects evaded arrest, but police recovered the two discarded firearms, of which the 9mm was reported stolen in Gauteng in 1997, and the other firearm was not registered.  

After recovering the guns, officers returned to the address in Robinvale, where they found that two men had been injured. They were taken to a nearby medical facility.  

“The motive for this shooting incident is believed to be gang related… Both firearms were handed in at Atlantis SAPS as exhibits and for further processing on the two counts of attempted murder case,” said Van Wyk.  

Several days prior, on Tuesday, 24 February, two men aged 30 and 42 were gunned down at the Witsand taxi rank. The Provincial SAPS’ Taxi Violence Investigations Unit is probing this, and another fatal shooting that occurred the following day.  

On Wednesday, a 42-year-old taxi driver was gunned down in his vehicle, and a 14-year-old girl was caught in the crossfire on the grounds of Atlantis Secondary School. She died on the scene.  

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Police have not confirmed arrests in any of the mentioned cases yet.