A police officer has shot at and killed himself after he had done an unthinkable thing to his own girlfriend.
A South African police constable has shot and killed himself in the early hours Friday.
According to News 24, the man killed himself after he allegedly murdered his girlfriend.
Captain Kay Makhubela, a police spokesperson said the constable's body was found in a shack inside an informal settlement in Mamelodi East, Pretoria, South Africa.
He allegedly beat his girlfriend to a pulp, then shot and killed her on Thursday before eventually killing himself.
"He allegedly knocked at her door and when she opened, he beat her up, shot her and fled the scene in a Volkswagen Polo Vivo that he stole a few yards from the scene." Makhubela said
The officer had been stationed at the Mamelodi West police station.