NORTHERN AREAS - 2 YEAR OLD GIRL SHOT IN THE CHEST & KILLED BY STRAY BULLET IN GANG VIOLENCE

A young girl has become the latest victim of the on-going gang violence in Port Elizabeth's Northern Areas which claimed the lives of three people at the weekend.

Police spokesperson, Captain Alwin Labans says two-year-old Katelyn Ruiters was killed just after seven o'clock Monday morning when she was hit in the chest by a stray bullet.

Labans says two men had opened fire on a 24-year-old man in Sagatarius Street in Barcelona, Helenvale.

In two other gang related shootings Monday morning, a 33 year-old man was pistol whipped by an unkown suspect who then fired shots at him in Martin Street, Gelvandale, grazing him in the back.

And in Leith Street, Gelvandale, a 29 year-old man was hit in the leg when shots were fired at the shack in which he was sleeping.

Meanwhile, police are continuing the hunt for the gunmen who killed two men this weekend.

Police said two wounded men were found in Kleinskool on Saturday morning.  One died later in hospital.

The victim was identified as Heiron September.

In another suspected gang shooting in the area on Friday, a woman who was a passenger in a car parked in Main Road, Kleinskool, died after being shot in the head.

The driver of the car was wounded in the leg, hand and shoulder.

In another shooting in Gelvandale early Friday evening, a 16-year youth was wounded in the leg when a gunmen opened on fire him in Chamois Street.

Anyone who may have information on the shootings should contact the police.

VIA - algoafm.co.za
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