Wife watches in horror as husband shot in head
The couple were driving along a dirt road when they were accosted by two armed men.
A MAN was shot and killed in Motala Heights yesterday morning.
Blue Security’s community and media liaison officer, Andreas Mathios, said the motorist was driving with his wife along a dirt road in the neighbourhood when a gang of armed men ambushed them.
Two of the three suspects, who were lying in wait in a white Toyota Tazz behind dense foliage, jumped out and ambushed the couple.
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“One of the men pulled open the driver’s door and fired two shots at the male victim’s head.
“The men demanded cash and a firearm from the victim’s wife and fled the scene in the Tazz with a sum of cash and her cellphone,” said Mathios.
Paramedics declared the man dead at the scene. SAPS are investigating.
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