A wounded policewoman called for help after gunmen who had parked a distance from the scene for two hours shot dead her detective colleague outside her Mthatha home on Wednesday afternoon.
According to preliminary investigations, the suspects had parked their vehicle two hours before the ambush in Mthatha on Wednesday.
The attack, which happened at New Brighton in Ngangelizwe at 4.20pm on Wednesday, left the policewoman in critical condition.
