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The Independent Police Investigative Directorate in the Northern Cape has launched an investigation after a police member from Springbok shot and killed his wife and wounded another man, before committing suicide.
When police arrived at the scene on Saturday, they found a 32-year-old woman with three gunshot wounds.
She was declared dead at the scene.
The second victim, a 24-year-old man, sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was admitted to the Springbok hospital from where he will be transferred to Upington hospital.
The suspect, a 39-year old Sergeant was later found on the Carolusberg road where he allegedly committed suicide in his car by shooting himself with his service pistol.
He was declared dead at the scene.
