It was a case of good times gone bad for 5FM news reader Carmen Reddy when armed robbers broke into her Centurion home last night.

Reddy was together with 5FM’s Vic Naidoo and Highveld Stereo’s Aurelie Kalenga at the time, this below from The Citizen:

The three were celebrating Dewali at her gated community home. An undisclosed number of men held them down before Reddy was shot in the shoulder.

It is suspected that the men were in the house the entire time the three DJs were enjoying the celebrations. Police suspect attempted murder as nothing aside from Naidoo’s cellphone was stolen.

Reddy is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Naidoo had this to say to TimesLive:

“We were literally sitting and eating when Carmen’s mom looked up and said, ‘No, but who are you?’ I saw a man walking towards us slowly. He had a balaclava on and a gun in his hand. He was walking so slowly,” Naidoo said.

The men told them to lay down on the floor and keep quiet. Guns were pointed at their heads while Reddy was shot.

“The worst part is that despite the screams and gunshots, because it was Diwali, nobody picked up on anything. It’s a gated housing estate and it’s just very odd that the only thing they took was my cellphone. There were luxury cars parked outside and they didn’t take it.”

Police are said to have no suspects and have asked anyone with information to contact the SAPS and dish the dirt.

This Instagram from Carmen was posted two weeks ago:

Here’s wishing Carmen a speedy recovery.

[sources:citizen&timeslive]