An alleged gang boss believed to be a leader of the Sexy Boys was wounded following a shooting outside his house in Belhar.
|||Cape Town - An alleged gang boss believed to be a leader of the Sexy Boys has been wounded following a shooting outside his house in the gang’s stronghold in Belhar.
On Thursday, Colin Booysen, one of three brothers who allegedly run the Sexy Boys gang, was shot in the arm and leg.
Provincial police spokesman Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana confirmed the shooting.
Kinana would only confirm that the injured man was in his 40s but police have refused to release his name.
However, sources have confirmed that Booysen, the brother of Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, was wounded.
On Thursday, onlookers gathered in Jakaranda Street as police forensics teams combed the scene. The shooting occurred around midday.
A silver VW Golf was parked in the garage where forensic teams gathered, while glass lay scattered in the street in front of the house.
Kinana could not confirm whether it was from a car involved in the shooting. He said they had reports that the victim had been parking his car when another car - a Toyota Tazz - pulled up alongside him.
It was not clear how many occupants were in the Toyota. A conversation ensued and multiple shots were fired, according to Kinana.
Booysen had gunshot wounds to his “upper and lower body” sources said. They confirmed he was shot in an arm and leg.
Kinana said information received from the people police had spoken to, was that the shooting was not gang related.
“The motive is not known,” Kinana said.
But a source said the shooting could be related to an internal gang power struggle.
Police would also not confirm whether any relatives were in the house at the time of the shooting, but could confirm that the wounded man was transported to hospital by “family members”.
Many Sexy Boys gang members were arrested and convicted between 2000 and 2002.
Former leader Michael Booysen is in prison serving a life sentence for murder.
Jerome Booysen is a former City of Cape Town employee. He worked in the housing department.
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Cape Argus