SAPS are investigating a shooting that on Friday evening  claimed the life of an elderly taxi owner and left his son critically injured.

According to SAPS, the father and son came under fire while driving their Combi vehicle on the Nyanyadu road at around 6pm on Friday.  The shots were fired at them from occupants of a vehicle that was travelling behind them.

The father suffered gunshot wounds in the head, chest and upper arm while his son was hit in the chest.

The son managed to call his older brother for help. They were both taken to hospital where the father was declared dead on arrival and the son admitted for treatment.

A SAPs investigation is continuing.

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