One injured in Witkoppen shootout
LONEHILL - There was a shootout on 31 July on Witkoppen Road near Lonehill between Randburg police and occupants of a suspicious vehicle.
UPDATE: July 31, 10.30am:
According to Colonel Lungile Dlamini, spokesperson for the Gauteng provincial police, Douglasdale police are currently investigating the shooting incident that took place in the early hours of the morning.
Randburg police allege that they observed a vehicle’s occupants behaving suspiciously in Randburg, and when they tried to stop the care, it sped off. They said the occupants fired shots with police returning fire on Main Road.
The number of occupants in the car remains unknown. However, the driver of the vehicle was wounded in the shootout and rushed to hospital for treatment.
Colonel Dlamini said that on further investigation it was established that the vehicle, which was a Honda Jazz, had not been been reported as stolen and belonged to a vehicle dealership company.
Police members were uninjured during the shootout, and no firearms were found in the vehicle. The circumstances leading to the shootout are being investigated. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate was also called to the scene. On Fourways Review’s Facebook page and website, Fourways residents reported hearing 20 to 30 gunshots at around 3:30am.
July 31, 7.30am:
A suspicious driver was shot down by Randburg police on the morning of 31 July on Main Road just before Witkoppen Road in Lonehill.
The driver reportedly hijacked a vehicle in Randburg. Police then gave chase, down Witkoppen Road and fired shots at the vehicle. The vehicle then crashed into the fence of a business property on the corner of Main and Witkoppen Road.
According to police officers on-scene the suspicious vehicle was a silver Honda Civic.
The driver was wounded during the shootout and has been taken to a nearby hospital.
Fourways Review news editor, Daniella Potter is reporting from the scene and said that traffic cones in the left lane are forcing cars into the right lane on Witkoppen Road which is causing traffic to build-up.
By 7am the usual morning traffic on Witkoppen Road had resumed.
I think it might be abit more complicated than that I live across the road and there was a 15 min gunfight with many different guns and the amount of blood at the scene it couldn’t only be the driver as the passenger seat door is covered in blood
I also live accros from there and woke up at about 3am hearing the shots, it lasted a while and the car chase went through the intersection twice, was peeking through my bedroom window
Well done to the Fourways team!
I live at a major intersection on witkoppen road and the gun fight that happened outside my backwall at 3AM sounded like a little more than just a few shots being fired at a vehicle. rapid firing was heard and screeching tyres, sirens etc,so close to our residence I was concerned for stray bullets.
I too live accross the road from this and it woke my girlfriend and I at around 330AM, lasting around 15 minutes and I could also hear 3 distinct weapons in use, one being an automatic of sorts.
Was woken up by more than 20 shots at 3.35am. At 3.43am shooting started again – 6 shots followed by a barrage of shots – too many to count
I heard this going on..must have heard between 20-30 shots (I’m surprised that the guy survived). I live in Paulshof, and assumed that someone had escaped from Leeuwkop Prison and was on the run. You could hear about 2 different types of shots/2 different types of guns being fired. Must have lasted a good 20mins.
there were more than 20 shots fired in witkoppen near the garage at Riverbend/décor park is this part of the same incident ?
It seems they are 2versions of the story ,Randburg police they have their own and iam trusting Douglasdale version its more clear and straight.