The Provincial Gang Investigation Unit has arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of two-year-old Haakeem Baartman last November.
He was hit by a stray bullet fired by the suspect who had been targetting a 17-year-old youth who in turn sustained a gunshot wound to the neck in the incident in Helenvale.
Police said the little Hakeem was playing in the street when he was hit in the head.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says the breakthrough was made on Monday when the suspect was apprehended at a tavern in Voissen Street in Gelvandale.
She says the suspect is a member of the Upstand Dogs gang.
He will appear in court on Thursday on charges of murder and attempted murder.
