KZN police probing shooting on Durban beachfront that claimed 2 lives

KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating a shooting that left two people dead near the public pools at Blue Lagoon on the Durban beachfront.

Emergency personnel responded swiftly after the incident was reported in the early hours of Saturday morning.

ALS Paramedics spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson, said that both victims were found with multiple gunshot wounds.

"One male, believed to be in his thirties, showed no signs of life and was declared deceased on the scene. A second male, believed to be a metro police officer also in his thirties, was found in a critical condition. Advanced life support paramedics worked to resusciated the man before rushing him to a nearby hospital. Unfortunately, a short while after arriving at the hospital, the patient went into a state of cardiac arrest and despite all attempts to save the man, he was declared deceased."

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