Father and son gunned down

Gunmen opened fire on a father and his toddler son in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on Wednesday evening‚ in what appears to be a targeted hit. The father died on the scene. His two-year-old son succumbed to his injuries after being taken to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital. Bishop Lavis police are probing the shooting. “Reports at the disposal of police indicate that a 31-year-old man was walking from a nearby shop on Bonteheuwel Avenue at 7.15pm‚ carrying the child‚ when a vehicle stopped next to them,” police said. “Two unidentified males climbed out and started shooting at the pair.” This week at least six children have been wounded in gun violence in the Cape Town.– TimesLIVE