Midlands: Left to check gunshots, Jonathan Koo Yan Too will never return

What was supposed to be a simple, routine trip to a hunting estate turned into a tragedy. Jonathan Richard Kah Shun Koo Yan Too, 40, an accountant by profession and manager of Chassé d'Au Villars in Midlands, was found dead Thursday evening after being shot in the chest. A brutal and unexpected death which today plunges his family, his loved ones and the hunting community into astonishment.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, suggested such an outcome. As he did regularly, the forty-year-old went to the estate to take care of the deer and ensure the proper functioning of the property. An ordinary day of work which was nevertheless going to be the last.

Around 4:55 p.m., Jonathan Koo Yan Too sent a message to a WhatsApp group bringing together his colleagues. He indicates that he heard two explosions inside the estate and specifies that he is going to go and check what is happening. This seemingly innocuous message will become his last contact with the outside world.

After that, nothing more.

His calls go unanswered. His phone remains silent. The worry grows as the hours pass. Towards the evening, four of his colleagues decided to go there to find out what was happening. They discover a terrible scene: Jonathan Koo Yan Too is lying in a pool of blood, lifeless, near his all-terrain vehicle. He has a gunshot wound to the chest. The hearing protection he usually used is still attached to his ears.

The SAMU teams, called urgently, could only note his death. The autopsy performed the next day by Dr. Sudesh Kumar Gungadin confirmed that death was the result of a “gunshot to the chest,” or a gunshot wound to the thorax.

On site, investigators discovered several intriguing elements. In his Land Rover Defender, the police found a 12-gauge Remington rifle. The weapon contained an already fired cartridge case as well as an intact cartridge. But one detail particularly attracts attention: Jonathan Koo Yan Too had a second weapon, a long-range rifle according to several sources. However, this has disappeared. Only his case was found in the vehicle.

This disappearance today constitutes one of the main gray areas of the case.

According to the first ballistic findings reported in the investigation, the fatal shot would have been carried out with precision from an elevated position. Investigators are now seeking to determine whether the victim surprised individuals present illegally on the property after hearing the two detonations which had alerted her. The trail of poachers operating in the region is among the hypotheses examined, without any conclusion having yet been reached.

Police officers from the Curepipe CID, supported by Major Crime Inve