Thursday, October 18, 2007

Joe Slovo taxi owner shot dead

By Rhodé Marshall
18 October 2007

Thursday morning, police were alerted to the Joe Slovo taxi rank in Milnerton where they found a taxi owner with three bullet wounds to his back.

According to information obtained by the police a man between the age of 18 and 19 years fired three gun shots to the back of the 45-year-old man.

“The deceased was confirmed dead by ER24 and Ambulance services and he is a taxi owner, affiliated to Ysterplat Taxi Association.

At this stage we cannot confirm if the shooting incident is taxi related or not but all possibilities will be considered during our investigation,” says police spokesperson Captain Elliot Siyangana.

Police say the suspect is still at large and they are investigating a case of murder.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.

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