News24 | Atlantis cop murder suspect shot dead after refusing to surrender, IPID investigates

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Murdered police officer, Sergeant Adrian Mahoney, who was shot dead on Wednesday, 17 April. (Facebook/Ian Cameron)

Murdered police officer, Sergeant Adrian Mahoney, who was shot dead on Wednesday, 17 April. (Facebook/Ian Cameron)

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is conducting a probe after a man sought for the murder of an on-duty Atlantis police officer was shot dead on Thursday when he refused to surrender.

IPID spokesperson Phaladi Shuping said: "It is alleged that the Provincial Crime Combat Unit received information that a suspect who allegedly killed a police officer on Wednesday was hiding in the bushes in the Mamre area."

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