WRONG TARGET – Two innocents shot dead after gang fight spills into their yard

NewsSportLifestyleEntertainmentOpinionNewsWRONG TARGET – Two innocents shot dead after gang fight spills into their yardMarsha Dean|Published 36 minutes agoCopy to ClipboardAsk AIWRONG TARGET: Nazeer Williams

A TWO-WEEK-OLD baby has been left motherless after gunmen allegedly chasing a gangster stormed onto a Cafda property and shot dead her mother and an innocent man in his own yard.

Eva Lakay, 45, and Nazeer Williams, 31, were gunned down in Ensor Street at about 9.30am on Friday, while the alleged target escaped unharmed.

The victims were not related but rented separate accommodation on the same property and knew each other.

According to witnesses, the gunmen were chasing an alleged gang member who ran onto the property in an attempt to escape them.

The suspects allegedly got out of their vehicle and opened fire, fatally shooting Lakay near the gate and Williams in the yard.

Relatives told Daily Voice that Lakay had gone outside after hearing the gunshots to call her son, who was playing outside.

Williams’s mother said she was lying in bed when her son went out to buy sugar so they could make coffee.

“I was lying in bed when I heard all those shots. We found his body lying next to the bakkie. I am heartbroken because I only had two children and he was my only son. Now my son is gone.

“This is a terrible feeling. He bothered nobody. The justice system is failing us every day. Those murderers get to walk away, but I will never get my son back.”

Williams’s sister described him as a loving, jolly person who adored children.

“For the type of person he was, he did not deserve to die like this. He was loving and jolly. He loved children, our family’s children and even the children in the street.

“We are in disbelief. I was at work. I was chatting to my mother at 9.15am, as usual, and fifteen minutes later, at 9.30am, I got the message to say that Nazeer was shot. When I arrived at the scene, I was not aware that Eva was also shot. It is heartbreaking because now her baby has to grow up without a mother.”

Williams’s nephew also paid tribute to him, describing him as a “one in a million uncle”.

Provincial police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed that Steenberg police were investigating the double murder.

“Steenberg police responded to a complaint of a shooting on Friday morning, 09 October 2026, at about 09:30, in Ensor Street, Cafda. Upon arrival at the scene, they found a male and female who had sustained gunshot wounds.

“Both victims were declared deceased at the scene by medical personnel. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation and no arrests have been made yet.

“Steenberg detectives are investigating two counts of murder.”