Update: Licenced firearm found next to suicide victim in Long Street

Update, 28 February 2017, 4.44 pm

Captain Makgowanyana Maja, spokesperson for Randburg Police Station, confirmed that police officers are investigating the case of a 25-year-old man who was found with a bullet wound. “His licensed firearm was found next to his body. It is suspected that he was alone at the time of the incident but further investigation is continuing to establish as to what might have happened when he died.”
Maja confirmed that the motive is still unknown and that his next of kin have been informed.
Details: Randburg Police Station 011 449 9110.

Initial Report, 28 February 2017, 8.28 am

A man believed to be in his early 20s died in an alleged suicide at Logan street in Bryanston, Johannesburg.

ER24 paramedics were notified by police about the incident at 5pm on 27 February.

ER24 Spokesperson Annine Dormehl said, “At the time of their arrival, ER24 paramedics found the man with a self-inflicted wound to the head lying on the pavement with a firearm next to him. Unfortunately there was nothing the paramedics could do to help him and he was declared dead on the scene.”

Dormehl mentioned that reports say the man had warned his friends of a plan to commit suicide moments before he was found dead in the street. The road was closed off and local authorities were on the scene to investigate further.

Sandton Police are yet to comment on the matter.