A violent suspect who fled the scene after he was shot by a Member of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) this morning in Southridge - KZN has been located at a hospital in a critical condition.

At approx. 04:32 Reaction Officers were despatched to Primrose Drive for a  House Burglary in Progress. The first Responding Officer to arrive on scene attempted to apprehend the suspect. The man produced a large screwdriver and attacked the Reaction Officer damaging his two way radio & other equipment. The suspect then attempted to stab the Officer through his bullet proof vest forcing the RUSA Member to fire a single shot from his 9mm Pistol that struck the suspect in the abdomen. The injured perpetrator then fled on foot and could not be immediately located in the darkness.

Reaction Officers & the South Africa Police Services (SAPS) searched extensively for the suspect with negative results.

Information was later received that a man was at the Osindisweni Government Hospital (OGH) with gunshot wounds. He initially informed Doctors & Nurses that he was involved in a motor vehicle accident & was dropped off at the hospital gates by a unknown person in a private car. When Nurses informed the man that the injury was a gunshot wound, the man then informed medical staff that a Reaction Officer had shot him. The staff at the Hospital then made contact with Law Enforcement.

The suspect was later positively identified and remains in a critical condition. Law Enforcement Officers were advised that the suspect would be transferred to a Specialist Hospital due to the severity of his wounds.

Body Cam Footage & Images of the suspect at the Hospital cannot be made public.