Oscar Pistorius allegedly kills girlfriend in shooting

[The_Ripper]

The police spokeswoman Denise Beukes said earlier reports that the suspect had been surprised by his girlfriend and had thought she was an intruder did not come from police.

She said there had been reports from neighbours of shouting and screaming coming from the house earlier in the evening. She said police had been called to the house on previous occasions after reports of "a domestic nature".

She said Pistorius was being "treated like any other normal person".

"He will be bringing a bail application and we will be opposing bail," she said, adding that there were no other suspects in the case.


Earlier, police said they had opened a murder investigation after a 30-year-old woman was found dead in the upmarket Silver Lakes community on the outskirts of the capital, where the Paralympic and Olympic runner lives. It is believed she was shot four times.

"We found a 9mm pistol at the scene. A 26-year-old man was taken into custody," a police spokeswoman said.

There was speculation in the local media that Pistorius may have mistaken his girlfriend for a burglar and the shooting could have been a result of a Valentine's Day surprise gone wrong.

A police spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale, told the Associated Press that officers received a call in the early hours of the morning that there had been a shooting. When police arrived they found paramedics trying to revive the woman, who had been shot and died at the scene, he said.

There was a large police presence outside Pistorius's house and media descended on the estate.. Earlier, a police spokesman had described the sprinter as being distraught. "We can't comment on his emotional wellbeing, but he is traumatised after losing someone close to him," he said.

Steenkamp, a well-known South African model, had been dating Pistorius since November and was due to appear in a reality TV show called Tropika Island of Treasure. The law graduate from Port Elizabeth gave an interview to the Sunday Times in South Africa last week in which she described her boyfriend as "an impeccable man who always has her best interests at heart".

[Sccit]

thats fucked

[Russell Bell]

ahh she dead

[Hack Wilson - real]

He's guilty, I guess you can say he doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[Nutty]

He's a goner.