SAPS Investigating After 3 Men Killed in Shooting in Hout Bay
- The South African Police Service is investigating a triple murder that took place in the Western Cape in the early hours of the morning
- Three men were shot and killed in Hout Bay in Cape Town, and the police found their bodies in a vehicle
- The vehicle was riddled with bullets, and the cause of death is not known, but the police suspect it is linked to organized crime
Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, South Africa, covered a range of criminal activities, including cash-in-transit heists, kidnappings, taxi violence, police investigations, police shootouts, and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.
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HOUT BAY, CAPE TOWN — The bodies of three men were found in Hout Bay, Cape Town, on 15 October 2025.
According to eNCA, the South African Police Service is investigating a triple murder that took place in Hout Bay. The bodies of the three men were found with gunshot wounds in a silver Hyundai i20 in Imizamo Yethu.
The motive is not known. However, the police are not ruling out the possibility that the deaths are linked to an extortion racket.
Community lives in fear
According to Nova News, the province's Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile, condemned the incident and said it was deeply concerning. Loyiso Skoti, a community member and the chairman of the Hout Bay Community Policing Forum, said residents lived in fear every day.
Skoti said that Hout Bay residents are always in fear. The community also relies on police investigations to draw connections between violent crimes, such as the shooting, and other criminal activities.
3 Briefly News stories about shootings
One person was shot dead outside the Mitchell's Plain Magistrates' court in Cape Town on 25 August 2025. Four armed suspects were involved in the attack and fed shortly after the shooting. A police officer who witnessed the incident fired at the shooter, but the suspects escaped. Another person was injured during the shooting.
A man, suspected to be a gang member, was shot dead outside the Athlone Magistrates Court on 5 September. The victim was leaving the court premises when an unidentified person opened fire. He died on the scene. Members of the community suspected that the shooting was gang-related.
Three people were shot and killed, and three were injured in three separate shootings in the Cape Flats on 14 September. The incidents occurred in Wallacedene in Kraaifontein. The motive of the shootings remains unknown, but the shootings are believed to be related to gang violence.
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3 shot dead in Nyanga
In a related article, Briefly News reported that three people were shot dead in a shooting in Nyanga in Cape Town. The shooting occurred at the intersection of Klipfontein Road and Borcherds Quarry.
A teenager was among the victims. When the police arrived at the scene, they discovered the bodies at three scenes that were metres apart. Two other males were rushed to a nearby hospital after they sustained gunshot wounds.
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