Update: Metro cop hospitalised following altercation with taxi driver
The Ekurhuleni metro police officer who fired a shot during an altercation with a taxi driver in Birchleigh North, Kempton Park has been reportedly hospitalised for trauma.
Metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wilfred Kgasago told The Citizen the officer had been admitted to hospital for trauma after the incident, captured on video, went viral on Facebook.
“The officer is suffering from trauma probably because the incident was all over the internet,” said Kgasago.
Kgasago added the metro police’s integrity and standards committee, which is set to investigate the matter, were still waiting for official statements from the complainant and the officer as they were trying to track down the taxi driver.
The video, published on Facebook on Saturday, shows the taxi driver infuriated after the officer apparently confiscated his taxi’s licence disc.
In the video, the taxi driver is seen demanding his licence disc back, but the officer refuses.
The situation escalated into a scuffle when the taxi driver angrily confronted the officer, and the officer fired a shot into the air.
READ MORE: Metro cop fires shot during altercation with taxi driver (video)
– Caxton News Service
Read original story on citizen.co.za
