Suspected armed robber killed in apparent shoot-out with security in Westonaria
'As he parked his vehicle and walked towards the retail store a group of armed men came storming out and started shooting at him. He then exchanged fire' – security company.
The crime scene on Edwards Avenue in the Westonaria CBD. Photo submitted.
A suspected armed robber was shot dead in an apparent shoot-out with security at a retail store in Edwards Avenue in the Westonaria CBD on Wednesday morning, 14 October.
Although local police are yet to release an official statement, Eugene Potgieter, managing director of the security company Gladiator Community Protection, said they responded to a panic alarm after 10am of an alleged armed robbery at a retail store in progress.
“Our response officer responded to a panic alarm and as he parked his vehicle and walked towards the retail store a group of armed men came storming out and started shooting at him. He then exchanged fire,” Potgieter said.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
