Security guard shoots pregnant woman in Ormonde

According to the driver, the man fired five shots.

A PREGNANT woman was shot in Ormonde on the morning of December 13.

According to the driver of the meter taxi in which the woman was a passenger, he transported the pregnant woman and a man from the MTN taxi rank just after 6am. When they reached Data Crescent in Ormonde another man (believed to be a security guard with a firearm) entered the vehicle and sat in the back seat next to the woman.

After a brief conversation he shot the woman in the stomach and attempted to flee the scene. According to the driver, the man fired five shots.

He was caught and arrested by Booysens SAPS and the woman was transported to hospital.

Booysens SAPS communication official Capt Lorraine van Emmerik said they have opened an attempted murder docket concerning the shooting.“A suspect has been arrested and investigation is ongoing,” she said

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