Gauteng police are on the hunt for any leads that may result in the arrest of gunmen involved in the shooting of a scrapyard owner last week.
“The police from De Deur received a complaint of a shooting incident at the R 82 and R 557 Walkerville,” police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo said in a statement.
He said that, when police arrived on the scene, the victim had already been hospitalised.
“Preliminary investigation revealed the victim was driving a white Toyota Land Cruiser when he was shot at by suspects who were driving in a silver grey Mercedes Benz,” Masondo said.
CCTV footage of the incident shows the victim approaching a blocked-off intersection. The gunmen approach the slowing car, take aim, and fire several shots.
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“Scary is an understatement. I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Andile Nene, an eyewitness, told News24.
He said it was like a scene out of an action film.
Nene added:
[I] never thought I would see such. [The] sound of an automatic rifle is shocking.
Police are investigating, and have opened an attempted murder case.
When News24 reached the victim’s place of work for comment, they said the “current circumstances are too sensitive to comment”.
