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Article: Brave officer mourned; Cop killed in bid to save family from gang.(News)
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- Daily News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2006
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BYLINE: MIRANDA ANDREW
Insp Gavin Atlee, a brave policeman who rushed to rescue a family from a gang of armed robbers, died in hospital this morning after he was shot by one of the men.
Atlee was one of three officers who attended the scene in Arnott Street, Reservoir Hills.
Frantic neighbours had phoned police telling them they could hear anguished screams coming from inside the house.
Atlee, 33, of Phoenix, was shot in the head by one of the robbers who had been hiding in a bush.
Police said Atlee and two other officers were called out to Arnott Street after neighbours spotted four men using a cutting torch to cut through ...