TWO Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) officers were injured during a violent confrontation with the community while pursuing a stolen vehicle in Lavender Hill.
According to Daily Voice sources it is alleged that cops were informed that a Toyota Conquest was stolen after which it was pointed out to them while at the BP Garage in Capricorn on Tuesday.
The vehicle was chased down Prince George Drive towards Lavender Hill.
The source said: "The members tried to block the vehicle and shot its wheels flat, but missed. The vehicle was chased to Mirby Road, Lavender Hill where it was then blocked off again and it nearly knocked over a SAPS member.
"Shots were fired and the vehicle came to a stop."
Mense of the community then gathered and started attacking the police by throwing stones. Cops left the scene due to the attack; however, the suspect fled from the scene.
The source added: "It was then discovered that two SAPS members sustained gunshot wounds."
One officer was shot in the foot while the other was shot in the leg.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said that Steenberg police station have registered cases of attempted murder, attack on police and reckless and negligent driving.
Twigg reports: "Following an incident on Tuesday, 21 October 2025, at about 18:25 in which a police Captain and a Sergeant attached to the Anti-Gang Unit were shot and wounded.
"According to reports the members were chasing a vehicle and were stopped in Mirby Road, Lavender Hill where the members came under attack by the community."
The two injured cops were taken to a medical facility for treatment, however circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
He added that arrests are yet to be made.
Steenberg Community Policing Forum (CPF) Chairperson Nicola Small said that while their thoughts are with the officers it is equally upsetting that police officers came under attack.
Small says: "What is equally upsetting are reports that police members came under attack from within the community they serve - pelted with stones while carrying out their duties. This behaviour is unacceptable and must stop!
"Parents, please take responsibility for your children. Teach them respect - for life, for the law, and for those who risk everything to keep us safe.
"We cannot claim to want safer neighbourhoods while allowing this kind of behaviour to continue."