Gold One Mines investigating officer shot dead
Police are investigating a murder case after Gold One Mine's investigating officer was gunned down while driving with his family in Modder East on Tuesday.
Gold One Mine’s investigating officer succumbed to head injuries after he was shot near the mine in Modder East on Tuesday evening
The 55-year-old man was driving from his house with his wife and their two sons in a silver Mercedes-Benz on Outeniqua Road.
According to Gauteng SAPS spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi it is alleged that as they approached speed humps, the wife heard shots being fired at their vehicle.
“A few minutes later, she noticed that her husband was bleeding from his mouth,” said Nevhuhulwi .
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“He was able to stop the vehicle at a house nearby, and he ran into the yard.”
Nevhuhulwi said that the deceased’s wife followed him into the yard, where she found on the ground, unconscious and bleeding.
He was declared dead by paramedics at the scene.
Nevhuhulwi added that it was alleged that the shooters also shot at bystanders that were sitting outside a nearby house.
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One person sustained injuries and was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
“The shooters were driving a black BMW with no registration,” said Nevhuhulwi.
The police are investigating a case of murder, and no arrests have been made yet.
