The fatal shooting of well-known Helikon Park resident, Johnny Meyer sent shockwaves through Randfontein last year.
Two men believed to have been involved in the brutal murder of Helikon Park man Johnny Meyer have been arrested
Meyer was gunned down in his driveway on 13 August last year.
He was shot in the head by one of the suspects who allegedly followed him home after he and his wife had withdrawn a large amount of money at a local bank.
At the time of the incident, Meyer who was in the passenger seat, got out of the vehicle at the gate to retrieve a copy of the Randfontein/ Westonaria Herald in the postbox while his wife parked the car in the yard.
He was then confronted by a suspect who shot him in the head.
Meyer was laid to rest on 20 August at the NG Kerk in Helikon Park where his funeral was packed to capacity and attended by more than 1000 people.
According to Randfontein SAPS spokesperson Captain Appel Ersnt, the investigating team under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Gert Krugeer made the breakthrough arrests after months of intense investigations into the case.
“I cannot reveal much information at this stage but I can confirm that two suspects have been arrested since the incident.
“One of them was arrested on 24 February after being positively linked to the case and the second suspect was arrested on 6 March after further investigations,” says Ernst.
Watch this space as the story develops.
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He cut his teeth at the Roodepoort Record and Northside Chronicle as proofreader, swiftly progressing to junior journalist. He later joined Randfontein Herald as journalist and eventually worked his way up to becoming editor. During his years away from Caxton, he fulfilled journalist and editor positions for various industry publications at the once mighty Malnor Media House right up to their closure in 2019. This position saw him traveling all over the world on writing assignments. Since 2019, he has worked as a freelancer for various publishing houses, and had a year-long stint as senior editor for a large stable of retail and medical B2B titles, until rapid growth of his own small business required his fulltime attention. At the end of 2023, with his own business now fully staffed, Johan decided to dedicate himself to his first love, working as a local journalist for the good of his community.
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