Parking argument leads to murder
By Tando Mfengwana
14 May 2007
A 42-year-old man was shot and killed in an apparent argument over a parking spot at the corner of Adderley and Strand Street in the Cape Town CBD on Monday.
The victim was sitting in his car when the argument broke out between the two drivers. The other driver then allegedly fired four shots, fatally wounding the 42-year-old man from Gugulethu. He sustained bullet wounds to the head and arm.
Police spokesperson Constable Siphokazi Mawisa says he died on the scene. She confirmed that there was a passenger in the victim’s car but he was not harmed during the incident.
The 34-year-old suspect from Milnerton has been arrested and his firearm confiscated.
Mawisa said that the suspect is expected to appear in court soon and. A case of murder is being investigated.
14 May 2007
A 42-year-old man was shot and killed in an apparent argument over a parking spot at the corner of Adderley and Strand Street in the Cape Town CBD on Monday.
The victim was sitting in his car when the argument broke out between the two drivers. The other driver then allegedly fired four shots, fatally wounding the 42-year-old man from Gugulethu. He sustained bullet wounds to the head and arm.
Police spokesperson Constable Siphokazi Mawisa says he died on the scene. She confirmed that there was a passenger in the victim’s car but he was not harmed during the incident.
The 34-year-old suspect from Milnerton has been arrested and his firearm confiscated.
Mawisa said that the suspect is expected to appear in court soon and. A case of murder is being investigated.
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