A police officer employed with the Namibian Police Special Reserve Force shot his girlfriend in the head at the Louis Botha Supermarket in Windhoek on Wednesday, before committing suicide. She died while being rushed to the hospital. An employee of the supermarket said the officer entered the shop where his girlfriend was employed between 07h00 and 08h00. The employee said a scuffle broke out during which the officer shot his girlfriend in the head. He then shot himself inside the retail supermarket, dying instantly from a gunshot to his head. Members of the Namibian Police Force at the scene confirmed that he was a member of the reserve force.