Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder over
the fatal shooting of his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria.
Police said they opened a murder case after receiving a call on
Thursday morning that there had been a shooting at Pistorius' home in
the upscale Silverlakes gated community on the outskirts of the capital.
Katlego Mogale, a police spokeswoman, said that when officers arrived
they found paramedics trying to revive a 30-year-old woman who had been
shot an unspecified number of times. The woman died at the home, Mogale
said.
Officers found a 9mm pistol at the scene and took the 26-year-old
Pistorius into custody. Mogale said Pistorius was expected to appear in
court later on Thursday.
"There are witnesses and they have been interviewed this morning. We
are talking about neighbours and people that heard things earlier in the
evening and when the shooting took place," said Denise Beukes, a police
brigadier, in a press conference outside the crime scene.
Reeva Steenkamp was reported to have been dating Pistorius for a year. In the social pages of last weekend's Sunday. Independent, she described Pistorius as having "impeccable" taste.
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