One suspect was shot dead and another arrested in Silverton on Friday morning.
This after a high-speed chase between the K9 units of the SAPS, the Tshwane metro police and the two suspects.
Police spokesperson Captain Colette Weilbach said the chase allegedly followed a business robbery in Mpumalanga.
“Early on Friday morning about 04:00 the K9 units responded to a vehicle tracking device signal in Silverton.
Weilbach said when the police officers spotted the alleged stolen Ford Ranger bakkie on the N4 they tried to pull the vehicle over.
A high-speed chase ensued when it wouldn’t stop before the suspects lost control of the vehicle in Solomon Mahlangu Road.
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They then shot at the police as they tried to flee on foot but the police retaliated.
One suspect was fatally wounded and the other wounded and taken to hospital under police guard.
It was later established that the vehicle was stolen in a business robbery at Telkom Evander.
The security officers were allegedly tied up and robbed.
A 9mm Beretta and ammunition, as well as stolen property belonging to Telkom Evander, were recovered in the stolen vehicle.
Weilbach said the suspect from Nellmapius would appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of attempted murder, possession of a hijacked motor vehicle, possession of suspected stolen goods and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
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