Police have arrested nine suspects during shoot-out and one person was shot and declared dead on the scene inFordsurg, Johannesburg on Monday afternoon. This arrest comes after the team consisting of the Highway Patrol and Crime Prevention were notified about a shooting between nine gang members.
The team responded to the scene and found one person dead and five patrol cars from one taxi associationdamaged and also recovered three fire arms. This incident was affirmed by police spokesman, Kay Makhubela.
“Police on Monday afternoon, 14 June 2021 at about 15:00, responded to a shooting incident and arrested nine suspects, recovering three firearms in Fordsurg, Johannesburg. Nine suspects that matched the description of the suspects who ran away on foot were spotted and police stopped them and they were arrested,” he said.
Makhubela stated that the arrested suspects have been taken into custody
“Upon searching the suspects’ car, police recovered three firearms which will be taken for ballistic to establish whether or not they may have been used in the commission of other crimes,”
“The suspects will be charged with murder and possession of unlicensed firearms. They will further be profiled to determine if they are not linked to other crimes, especially the taxi violence related crimes” he said.
