Community members say the brazen attack on Christmas morning, was gang-related.
The husband of one of the women, Frederick Hess says he was visiting friends close by on Christmas morning"She died instantly."He says they may have been targeted because of their children being gangsters.
"Maybe it's because her children are gangsters. Now they're taking it out on her because they cannot get to them," he said.Christmas violence in the Cape didn't end with these murders.One man escaped and one was arrested.Watch the video above for more on this story.
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