A sales assistant from a car dealership in the north of Pretoria was shot and wounded when he tried to stop a robber on Wednesday.
Harry Mphokane was being treated for a leg wound in the Montana hospital, community policing forum spokesman Neels Marais said on Thursday.
The robbery was committed when a transaction at the dealership was interrupted.
Marais said three men withdrew money at the Kolonnade shopping centre to buy a car at the dealership. Three armed robbers apparently followed them.
As the sale of the car was being concluded, the robbers held the sales assistant and the three men at gunpoint, demanding the cash they had withdrawn.
Marais said the man with the money hesitated at first, but complied when the gun was stuck to his head. The robbers also took three different sets of car keys lying on the table.
“As the armed robbers were making their escape, Mphokane, tried to stop one of them by taking his firearm. A struggle ensued. After a while the robber regained control over the firearm and shot Mphokane in the right leg.”
The robber jumped into a get-away car that sped off.
Marais said Mphokane was rushed to hospital.
Police comment could not be obtained immediately.
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