Staff Reporter.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is probing a case where a police officer shot a guest at the Misty Hills lodge in Muldersdrift on Saturday night
A video of the incident which has been widely circulated on social media shows the naked man arguing with police.
One police officer is heard saying, “now you are playing dangerous”, as he approaches with a gun after ostensibly cocking it.
He shouts at the entrance: “Whose playing dangerous? You f****** coward. Come on.”
A woman off screen is heard saying that they are supposed to feel safe around the police, not endangered.
The man then comments that he is ashamed of the police officers. He is then seen grabbing a gun from an officer, saying, “take that gun, shoot me, shoot me”.
The officer’s colleague is seen firing a shot at him and he crumples to the floor, eliciting screams from the woman in the room.
According to IPID,following an argument with staff, the manager had requested that the man leave the premises, and the hotel would refund him. However, he refused.
“… the security and manager followed him to his room and requested him to leave, then he became more aggressive,” said IPID spokesperson Grace Langa.
She said police officers were called to the hotel to assist and, when they arrived, the man started fighting with the police.
“He took a firearm out of the bed drawer, cocked it and one bullet fell down, and it is alleged the victim disarmed one police officer of his firearm.
“The guest (victim) was in possession of two firearms, then one police officer took out his service pistol and shot that guest once in the head,” said Langa.
Ipid is investigating a police officer that opened fire on an unruly guest at the Misty Hills Lodge in Muldersdrift. The lodge had asked the guest to leave and he refused. Police were called to assist. The irate man disarmed a cop before he was shot. @TheCitizen_News pic.twitter.com/FUhIpAyuLz
— Narissa Subramoney (@NarissaS3) November 15, 2021
The man was taken to hospital under police guard.