Man (40) found dead on Buttery Road
Officials found that the man had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest.
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THE body of a man was discovered in Rosehill on Tuesday evening along Buttery Road. According to Marshall Security’s Kyle van Reenen, reaction officers responded to a report of an alleged accident.
When they arrived at the scene, they found a bakkie had crashed into a tree. However, they quickly discovered that the driver suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest, he said.
![Officials also found a gun no more than 20 metres from the scene.](https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2016/10/2016-10-11-21_15_58-Clipboard-520x400.jpg)
“The driver, a male approximately 40 years of age suffered fatal injuries and was declared dead on arrival of paramedics,” he said.
He said officials also recovered a gun no more than 20 metres from the scene.
“The scene was handed over to the South African Police Services for further investigation,” he concluded.
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