Police eye more arrests after deadly taxi shootout in Moot
The gun battle left one suspect dead and three police officers wounded.
Police are on the hunt for a suspect linked to taxi violence following a massive shootout in Gezina on Wednesday morning.
The shootout broke out on Dr Savage Street in front of the Tshwane district hospital pathological services gates.
The gun battle left one suspect dead and three police officers wounded.
“(The) provincial task team that investigates taxi violence was on an intelligence-driven operation where they were tracing a suspect who is believed to be involved in taxi violence,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters.
Photo: Carli Koch
“Information led police to Gezina and when they tried to intercept the suspect, who was travelling in a convoy of three cars, a shooting erupted (from the motorcade).
“Police returned fire and in the process, two suspects were injured and one was killed.”
Peters said three officers were wounded during the shootout and had to be airlifted to hospital.
“We managed to recover a total of four firearms which will all be subjected to ballistic testing,” she said.
Peters said investigations were ongoing.
“We were looking for one suspect but we ended up with 11. We still have to profile them and see if we can link them to other crimes.”
The main suspect was linked to taxi violence but he managed to evade arrest, she said.
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