A man was shot dead in his bakkie on Montclair Road about an hour ago.
A Sun reporter was at the scene, where police cordoned off the verge where the bakkie had come to a standstill, just past the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
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While the motorist had stopped at the robot intersection of Kenyon Howden and Montclair roads, travelling east on Montclair Road, another car pulled up next to him. Two people got out, positioned themselves on either side of the bakkie and opened fire on the man. They were said to have used AK47s. The white Isuzu bakkie was peppered with bullet holes.
The motorist had attempted to pull off, and his bakkie stopped after striking the gate post of a Montclair Road home, a few hundred metres past the church.
Kenyon Howden Road was closed to traffic on both sides while police processed the evidence. The motive behind the motorist’s murder is unknown at this stage.
A bystander, who asked not to be named, said: “I heard gunshots and when I looked, I saw this white bakkie swerving and driving erratically before it came to a stop along Montclair Road. I didn’t know there was a dead man inside, I thought it was empty. I then heard people on the road screaming ‘he’s been shot’. That’s when I knew…”
A slew of bullet cartridge casings were found across all three lanes at the robot. Police were still processing evidence more than an hour later.
This is a developing story which will be updated as information comes to hand.
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