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Man (68) shot in the head in Centurion

The man was airlifted to a hospital soon after he was shot at a residential property in Pierre van Ryneveld.

A 68-year-old Centurion man is in hospital after he was shot in the head on Wednesday morning.

The shooting happened at a residential property in Pierre van Ryneveld, said Emer-G-Med emergency services spokesperson Kyle van Reenen.

He said the paramedics found the patient with a single gunshot wound to the head.

“Emergency care practitioners stabilised him using advanced life support intervention before he was airlifted by helicopter to a specialist facility,” he said.

Van Reenen said the facts surrounding the shooting are unclear and under police investigation.

Police could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.

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