The body of man was recently found lying in a pool of blood near a bridge in Von Willich Street in Lyttelton.
A response officer from Monitor Net, Sammy Mochwedi, responded to an alarm activated by a client in the La Borie residential complex. When Mochwedi arrived at the gate, the gardener of the complex informed him that he had heard gunshots nearby.
Mochwedi was approached by another man as he drove up in Von Willich Street who informed him that he saw people running away from the bridge. Arriving at the scene, Mochwedi noticed a man lying on the ground in a pool of blood under the bridge in front of an old white Mercedes Benz.
Mochwedi informed the police who arrived at the scene within minutes.
The victim was declared dead on the scene. After a forensic team of investigators completed the crime scene analysis, an ambulance took the body away.
Police were unavailable for comment by the time of publication.
