A 55-year-old man was shot and killed in Bakerton yesterday (Tuesday) at around 11.30am.
According to the South African Police Service’s Twitter account, the man was shot in First Street as he exited his vehicle at a shoe repair shop.
#sapsGP Ekurhuleni East, Springs: Taxi owner (55) fatally shot when he got out of his vehicle at 11:36 in 1st Str, Bakerton, Springs at a shoe repair shop. 2 suspects driving a silver grey VW Polo with no registration plates fired shots. #SAPS investigating murder. #CrimeStop ME pic.twitter.com/BmcaJocdRQ
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) July 24, 2018
Springs Taxi Association (STA) chairperson Leonard Molo, says the deceased man was not a member of the STA, but that he resides in Bakerton.
“We do not have any problems, for now, but this is something one cannot plan for,” he says.
Molo says the association “takes it as it comes”, but continue to preach peace to all their members.
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“When problems do occur, we try to resolve them in a peaceful way.
“We will initiate a meeting with a dissatisfied group and try to keep the peace among Springs and all our members.”
He reiterates that, fortunately, none of the violent incidents are from or in the Springs Taxi Association.
Capt Johannes Ramphora, spokesperson of the Springs police as well as Capt Thivhulawi Tshilate, spokesperson of the Ekurhuleni East Cluster were in meetings and could not provide comment at the time of publishing.
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Efforts to reach them will continue and updated information will be given as soon as it becomes available.
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