EMPD officials, Louis Els and Louwtjie du Toit, say they received a call from a community member at 2.25pm, about a man who was apparently being chased by a group of men down Welgedacht Road towards Bakerton.
When they arrived at the scene the man was already dead and the suspects had fled the scene.
Springs police spokesman, Captain Johannes Ramphora, says the man was shot four times from behind.
The reason for the murder is unknown.
According to Ramphora the police interviewed witnesses, but no one was prepared to say anything.
The police are currently investigating a case of murder.
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