A 32-year-old SA Police Service Inspector was shot and wounded in Wynberg in Cape Town on Thursday night after he locked himself in his flat with his children and two firearms, threatened to commit suicide and then aimed an R5 assault rifle at a colleague. Captain Andre Traut said the man, who was wounded in the leg and arm, may not be named as he faces criminal charges. Police said the man was under psychiatric treatment. He reported for duty on Thursday night and took an R5 assault rifle and a 9mm pistol from the police safe. He then ordered a colleague to drive him home to his Wynberg apartment where he locked himself and his children in. The police special task force team and hostage negotiators arrived at the scene and tried to calm him down. Traut said the inspector suddenly emerged from the apartment and aimed the R5 at a Special Task Force member who fired at him in self-defence. – Sapa