Man Arrested After Failed Suicide: Verulam – KZN Members of Reaction Unit Sout…

Man Arrested After Failed Suicide: Verulam – KZN

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa seized a 9mm Pistol (picture 3) after responding to a call of a possible suicide on Gannet Crescent in Surya Heights this evening (Tuesday)

The RUSA Operations Center received the call from a frantic female at approx 18:29 requesting for immediate assistance after her 37 year old neighbor used her phone to contact his wife & children. She overheard the conversation he had with his younger child and realized that he was contemplating suicide. The man then handed her the mobile phone & returned to his house. He broke the door locks (picture 4) using a golf club due to him not having keys and gained entry to the home. A gunshot was heard a few minutes later. The nieghbour believed that he had shot himself in the head & called for assistance.

Reaction Officers arrived at the premises & found the man outside the home. He was uninjured & informed Officers that his wife had left their marital home with his children and during a heated argument he did threaten to shoot himself. He further informed Officers that he had not used his firearm.

When neighbors insisted that they had heard a gunshot, the man then changed his version of events and informed Reaction Officers that he had fired a single round inside his bedroom that struck the ceiling (picture 5). Officers then seized a CZ75 9mm Handgun, a used cartridge & 13 live 9mm ammunition.

Members of the Verulam SAPS were called out to the scene & the suspect was arrested & detained for Discharging a Firearm in an Urban Area.

Source