Police confirm Pinetown armed suspect shot, killed by motorist
Once again, the intersection between Josiah Gumede Road (Old Main Road) and Anderson Road in Pinetown has been the scene of a fatal shooting.
POLICE from the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial media centre have confirmed one of the three suspects, believed to have been involved in an armed robbery in Pinetown this morning, was shot dead by a motorist.
The suspects allegedly tried to rob the motorist at knifepoint near the taxi ranks in the Pinetown CBD.
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“This morning at 9.15am, at the corner of Anderson and Old Main Road in Pinetown, a motorist was stationary at the set of robots when he was approached by three males, two were armed with knives,” said KZN SAPS spokesperson, Col Thembeka Mbele.
Mbele said one of the suspects tried to stab the victim and he fired at the suspect.
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“He sustained a scratch on the hand. He managed to grab his firearm and fired a shot at the suspects and it hit a 35-year-old suspect on the head,” added Mbele.
The suspect was declared dead at the scene.
According to Mbele, two knives were recovered at the scene and the other two suspects fled on foot.
“Charges of inquest and attempted robbery have been opened for investigation at Pinetown SAPS,” she said.
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The incident, which took place where Josiah Gumede Road (formerly known as Old Main Road) crosses Anderson Road, was not the first to have taken place at that intersection recently.
In March, police detained a 29-year-old suspect following a shooting at the same intersection on the Monday 23 March.
In February last year police warned people that the intersection was a hot-spot for criminal activities.
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