{"id":21195,"date":"2013-07-17T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T15:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cop-gunned-down-in-alleged-hit\/"},"modified":"2013-07-17T17:56:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T15:56:01","slug":"cop-gunned-down-in-alleged-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cop-gunned-down-in-alleged-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cop gunned down in alleged hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/afc98_1963390845.jpg\" alt=\"gugu ximba\" title=\"\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">The Mercury<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Police constable Gugu Ximba was shot dead outside her home in Umlazi. Her service weapon was taken. Picture: Doctor Ngcobo<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/news\/crime-courts\/cop-shot-four-times-outside-her-home-1.1547610\">Cop shot four times outside her home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Durban &#8211; A police constable has been shot dead outside her Umlazi home &#8211; in an apparent hit &#8211; prompting a massive search for her killer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Constable Gugu Ximba, 33, the mother of an eight-year-old girl, was shot five times when she stopped outside her gate after work. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Her gun was taken, but her car was left. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Relatives and friends chased the gunman but gave up when he shot at them. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The murder on Monday has been condemned by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni, who has reacted with shock to the killing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Monday, Ximba\u2019s younger sister, Simphiwe, said they did not get a good look at the gunman because it was dark.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Tearful and holding on to her older sister Thobile for support, Simphiwe said her sister would stop at the gate at the bottom of the steep driveway and hoot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cMy little cousin Gcino would always run to the gate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cBut on Monday night, when Gcino went to the gate, she started screaming and shouting for help when she heard gunshots.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Simphiwe said Ximba was still alive in the driver\u2019s seat of her Kia Picanto when they reached her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">They took Ximba to a hospital in Isipingo, but she died on the way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Her family believe the gunman was waiting for Ximba, who was stationed at the Reunion police station near Isipingo, and knew the time she came home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On Tuesday, glass was still strewn near the driveway where two detectives searched for clues. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Ngobeni conveyed her condolences to the Ximba family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">She assured them that police \u201cwill do everything within our control to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">She urged communities to report those with illegal firearms, saying these contributed to police killings and the murder of innocent people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThe South African Police Service will not be deterred from ensuring that the people of South Africa are and feel safe from these continued senseless attacks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cThe police will vigorously continue to maintain high visibility and mount more strategic operations throughout the province,\u201d Ngobeni said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The Hawks have been brought in to investigate Ximba\u2019s murder. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Community and Safety MEC Willies Mchunu on Tuesday condemned the murders of Xolani Kwela, a student police constable, and Sindisiwe Ngcobo, who were kidnapped while they were travelling in KwaNdengezi, near Pinetown, last week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Their bullet-riddled bodies were found on the road between Greytown and Dundee on Friday.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">A police officer and another suspect have been arrested.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">lungelo.mkamba@inl.co.za  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\"><strong>The Mercury<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercury Police constable Gugu Ximba was shot dead outside her home in Umlazi. Her service weapon was taken. Picture: Doctor Ngcobo Related Stories Cop shot four times outside her home Durban &#8211; A police constable has been shot dead outside her Umlazi home &#8211; in an apparent hit &#8211; prompting a massive search for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-21195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}