Oscar Pistorius

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was due to be released from prison on parole Friday, more than a decade after he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a Valentine's Day killing that shattered the reputation of a sports superstar. Television crews, photographers and news reporters gathered outside the gates of the Atteridgeville Correctional Center in the South African capital of Pretoria before 6 a.m., waiting to catch a glimpse of the world-famous double-amputee Olympic runner. Department of Corrections officials have said that Pistorius' release time on Friday will not be announced in advance and he will not be paraded, indicating they will attempt to keep him away from the media glare that has trailed him since he shot Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door at his home in the predawn hours of Feb. 14, 2013. Pistorius, 37, will be transported from the prison to a corrections department office to be processed before he is officially released on parole. He is expected

Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole

He is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

The judge said she considered both mitigating and aggravating circumstances, concluding that the former outweighed the latter

Pistorius killed his girlfriend in 2013, saying he mistook her for an intruder when he fired four times through the door of his bedroom toilet

Double-amputee killed Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013

Paralympic athlete killed Reeva Steenkamp in early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013