1 Killed in Shootout Involving Off Duty Joburg Cop and Hair Salon Robbers

• An off-duty policeman shot and injured one suspect during a business robbery at a salon in Johannesburg
• The suspects had entered the business and held up the people inside before firing shots that killed one person
• Police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo said in a statement to Briefly News that one suspect was arrested

JOHANNESBURG — An off-duty police officer shot and killed one suspect and injured another in a shootout at a hair salon in Johannesburg CBD.

An unknown group of men had allegedly stormed the business premises and held up workers and patrons on Saturday, 14 September.

1 Killed in shootout involving off-duty cop

They demanded cell phones and cash and took items from several customers. Police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo, responding to a Briefly News inquiry, said the off-duty cop retaliated after the suspects fired shots.

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"One of the victims was hit and died on the scene," said Masondo.

"The officer retaliated by firing [back] at the suspects and they fled the scene. Later intel [suggested] that one of them was injured in the exchange.

"[Detectives] traced him to a nearby hospital, arrested and charged him."

The suspect faces business robbery, murder and attempted murder charges and is expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Masondo told Briefly News that a search was underway for the other suspects.

1 Suspect killed in shootout with KZN police

In earlier news, Briefly News reported that another suspect was killed in a shootout following a confrontation near Chatsworth.

Police had earlier arrested one suspect for torture and double murder after a high-speed chase on the N2 southbound near the KwaMashu off-ramp.

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Mkhwanazi's crime-fighting strategy praised

In related news, Briefly News reported that KZN Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has endeared himself to citizens with his hardline approach to combatting crime.

This has earned him plaudits and reverence on a wide scale while, in the background, police shootouts, which have become commonplace in his province, continue to account for the lives of criminals amid rampant crime.

Source: Briefly News