In a report issued by Joburg East SAPS Cluster, it was confirmed that a police officer was shot and killed this afternoon at about 1pm.

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“Fidelity Security guards were collecting cash from a Superbet at the corner of Quartz and Pretoria streets and as they were leaving, two suspects started shooting at the guards.

“One guard was injured and another assaulted. Both were taken to Milpark. Two civilians, a man and a woman, were also shot an injured. The woman was shot in the hand and the man in the leg. They were transported to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital.

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“The suspects took a bag and fled the scene. A look-out for the suspects’ vehicles was issued to all police and officers in a marked police vehicle spotted both cars. The suspects fired shots at the police and the one officer was shot in the neck. He died at the corner of Joe Slove and Abel streets in Hillbrow. Some suspects were arrested. More information will be follow.”

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WATCH:

In Yeoville – Joe Slovo Drive is closed off to traffic near Abel Road causing heavy delays from the Railway Bridge due to an earlier shootout – there’s heavy police presence – AVOID the area at all costs @Radio702 #JHBTraffic pic.twitter.com/D8A1m7hPrN

— EWN Traffic (@EWNTraffic) June 21, 2018