A trip to Darrenwood Shopping Centre in Randburg, Gauteng, ended in a tragic death when an Indian man in his late 30s was shot dead during a robbery in the evening of 16 April.<\/p>\n
According to Linden Police Operations Manager Captain Alex Vermaak, six to eight men entered a bottle store and a caf\u00e9 at 7.15pm demanding cash.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile this was going on, a customer stopped outside [in the parking lot] and got out of his car. As he tried to step onto the walkway, he was shot three times in the lower body and head,\u201d said Capt Vermaak.<\/p>\n
The Windsor West resident died on scene. Capt Vermaak said, \u201cThe suspects regrouped and jumped into a silver single cab [van] and drove off.\u201d According to him, the owner of the caf\u00e9 was hit on the head but refused to open a case. Instead, he closed shop and \u201cran off\u201d. Linden Police are investigating the murder and robbery.<\/p>\n
Capt Vermaak urged the community to assist the police with the investigations. \u201cThere were a lot of people around who might have information on the senseless act.\u201d<\/p>\n
The bottle store manager, who preferred to remain anonymous, said three of the suspects got away with R2 000.<\/p>\n
His visibly shaken employee said they would have taken more money if one of their accomplices hadn\u2019t opened fire on the deceased.<\/p>\n
The deceased was described by his friends and family as a family man.<\/p>\n
Brother-in-law Harold Reddy said, \u201cHe was a very kind-hearted person. He loved his family and did everything for his family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reddy informed that the deceased\u2019s wife had given birth to their second daughter a mere two weeks ago.
\nHis older daughter is nine-years-old.<\/p>\n
Colleague Peenesh Pillay says he was a very friendly person. “It\u2019s very shocking to hear such news. We never expected anything like this to happen,\u201d Pillay said.<\/p>\n
Source: looklocal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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