A South African man is facing charges of attempted murder after allegedly shooting a woman at a wedding in May because he believed she was "too dark."

Dr. Sabelo Mhlomi appeared in a Vosloorus township court on Thursday after trying to pay Keneilwe Mofokeng's family to not file charges.

Tom Mofokeng, the father of the 32-year-old victim, told The Citizen that he was at the wedding with his daughter and 12-year-old grandson when the shooting happened. The wedding was taking place across the street from his home and was full of his family members and neighbors. 

Keneilwe was standing in the food line with her son waiting to be served when Mhlomi approached her and demanded she fix him a plate of food.

“When she told him she was also a guest waiting to be served, he flipped and said ‘you are dark and I do not like people who are too Black.’ Basically, in the times we live in, he meant ‘you are not a yellow bone,’” Tom told the South African news outlet.

Other people at the wedding were appalled by Mhlomi's behavior and told him to calm down. He was enraged after being yelled at by some of the older people at the ceremony and according to Tom, was seething for the rest of the wedding. 

“He waited for her to walk out of the marquee and repeated his earlier utterances. This time he pulled out a gun and opened fire at my daughter. She was hit in the stomach and the incident was caught on CCTV,” he said.

Mhlomi shot Mofokeng in front of her son and other guests before fleeing the scene.

Mofokeng spent a week in the hospital recuperating from her injuries. Mhlomi later tried to pay her family to keep them from taking the situation to the authorities.

“He was not genuinely sorry for his actions. The fact that he offered us money instead of apologizing sincerely and explaining why he did what he did shows that he believes his money will get him out of any situation,” Tom said in an interview with The Citizen.

Unfortunately, the status of the case is unclear. An anonymous police officer told The Citizen the case had been postponed and "remanded."