Port Elizabeth police are searching for a schoolboy, dressed in uniform, who shot and killed a woman in Adcockvale on Monday afternoon and sped off in her old box-type BMW which is silver/gold in colour.
Warrant Officer Alvin Labans has named the deceased as 53 year-old local resident Magda van Vuuren. He says Van Vuuren was visiting her mother at her home on the corner of Diaz and Kingston streets, when she was approached by the suspect, dressed in school uniform.
He says a shot was fired, and an argument ensued between the two.Labans says a further two shots were fired, and Van Vuuren was hit in the back.
She was rushed to Livingston hospital where she died a short while later. Labans says a man hunt has been launched for the young suspect and that police are investigating a case of murder and hijacking.
