Security guard shot in the chest in Centurion robbery
The security guard was airlifted from the warehouse he was working at in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A security guard is in critical condition after he was shot in the chest during a robbery in the early hours of Sunday morning.
“The patient is in his 30s and is a security guard at City Logistics warehouse where he was shot in the chest by alleged robbers,” said emergency services Cert-SA spokesperson, Ruan Heyns.
According to Emer-G-Med spokesperson, Kyle van Reenen, paramedics responded to reports of a shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning. “On arrival on scene a male security officer was found in a critical condition,” Van Reenen said. “He was treated and stabilized by Emer-G-Med paramedics.”
With the assistance of Cert-SA medics, a landing zone was established and the security guard was airlifted to hospital by a Netcare911 aeromedical helicopter. Van Reenen said that he was taken to a specialist facility.
Police had not yet responded by the time of publishing.
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