Leonie Pretorius
23 May 2016
A US city
councilman from Mobile, Alabama is in a stable condition after he was shot in
the face in Johannesburg during a robbery over the weekend.
US news
outlets report CJ Small was shot on Saturday when a tour bus he was riding on
was ambushed and people on board were robbed.
Mobile City
Council spokesperson Marion Steinfels said in a statement that Small is
expected to recover Small, who owns a mortuary, travelled to South Africa to
attend the South African Funeral Director & Morticians Association
Convention.
The family is
working with the US Consulate Office in Johannesburg as well as the Secretary
of State in Washington.
It is
unclear when he will be able to be released from the hospital and return to the
States.
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