Traffic cop gunned down in PE
Port Elizabeth police have launched a manhunt for
a gunman who shot and killed a Nelson Mandela Bay traffic officer on
Tuesday.
Provincial police spokesperson Priscilla Naidu says the officer was driving with a woman when a gunman opened fire on his official vehicle.
"The traffic officer drove a short distance and collided into a fence, and he was fatally wounded. He had a female passenger," says Naidu.
The woman was shot in the arm and taken to hospital.
The slain officer is said to be 62-years-old. A case of murder and attempted murder is under investigation.