A 45-year-old Butterworth woman was arrested after she shot dead her son, mistaking him for an attacker, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday.
Captain Jackson Manatha said the woman was having a fist fight with a neighbour when her 15-year-old son tried to intervene at around 8pm on Monday.
The teenager ran towards the fighting women and grabbed his mother from behind.
”His mother mistook him for her attackers, drew her licensed firearm and shot at him.”
He was hit in the head and died in Butterworth Hospital on Tuesday morning.
The woman was arrested and was expected to appear in the Butterworth Magistrate’s court on Wednesday, said Manatha.
Her pistol was confiscated. – Sapa