Thamlyn Clarke shot and killed outside her home
A grieving Belhar family has been hit with double blow after 26-year-old mom Thamlyn Clarke was shot and killed inside a car outside her house on Tuesday night in De Waal Drive.
The woman, known to her family and friends as Tammy, was sitting outside her home with her boyfriend, brother and chommies listening to music when an unknown gunman claiming to be lost opened multiple shots around 8.50pm.
Her heartbroken mother Evelyn Clarke said this is a tragic loss for the family as they lost Tammy’s father just four months ago to suicide.
The devastated mom explains: “Tammy was sitting in front of the house inside the friend’s car playing music from her friend’s phone but her boyfriend, brother and their friends were standing outside the vehicle against the wall.
“Another car pulled up and the passenger got out and said he was lost. As she rolled down her window, this guy pulled out a gun and shot my daughter four times. He got back into the car and they drove off after taking the phone as well.”
Evelyn said that he daughter was raped by an alleged notorious gangster in 2022 and was attending court for three years.
She said that today was supposed to be the final court date as the case was supposed to conclude.
Evelyn adds: “This was a hit on my daughter because she was shot in the neck. I am not sure where else she was also shot but I just saw the wound in the neck.
“I was laying in bed when I heard the gunshots go off and it sounded like it was in my house. When I ran out, my son ran in and when I got outside the car was gone.
“Tammy was not someone who would walk around and she was a people’s person, so why would they kill her? I suspect it has something to do with the rape case.”
Tammy leaves behind a nine-year-old daughter.
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Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said Belhar police are investigating a murder.
Swartbooi reports: “Belhar detectives searched a crime scene in De Waal Drive for clues where a woman was shot and killed on Tuesday 25 March 2025 at about 20.50.”
“Information at our disposal suggests that unknown gunmen opened fire on a female, seated inside a motor vehicle, who was declared deceased on the scene by the medical personnel.
“The unknown gunmen fled the scene in a White Toyota Etios and they are yet to be arrested. The motive for this murder is now the subject of an investigation by the South African Police Service.”
