A 1-year-old boy has been found in a pool of blood belonging to both parents, in South Africa.
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According to a witness, he is said to have passed by a child playing on top of a woman lying on the ground and on investigating, he saw that the woman the one-year-old was playing with was dead.
The witness said he made the shocking discovery on his way to work on Friday, after seeing a silver BMW parked on the side of the road connecting block XX of Soshanguve, Tshwane with Haakdoring, SA.
"When I stopped to check what was going on, I realised the child was playing with his mum’s blood," he said.
"A man was lying dead in the passenger side of the car. I realised the woman had been shot in the head. The dead man was wearing a soldier’s uniform." he added.
Another man passed by on foot and the witness asked him to get help.
"I asked him to run to call the security guards at a nearby complex while I tried to call the police," he said.
According to the cops at the scene, a gun was found in the car next to the man and it is suspected that the man shot the woman in the right ear before shooting himself.
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Pretoria North police spokeswoman, Lieutenant Rebecca Phahlane said a murder and inquest cases has been opened.