A Cape Town family is mourning the death of their only son after an apparent case of apparent mistaken identity led to his death.
|||Cape Town - A Retreat family is mourning the death of their only son after an apparent case of apparent mistaken identity led to his death at the hands of gunmen.
Monray Rhode, 23, was gunned down on the corner of 11th Avenue and Tambourine Street at about 6.20pm on Wednesday. His aunt, Shireen Rhode, said this morning that Rhode had accompanied a friend, who was known to be a gangster, to a nearby shop to buy electricity. On their way home, two men drove up, jumped out of the car and opened fire. Rhode’s friend escaped.
She said a witness overheard the gunmen quarrelling because they had apparently shot the wrong person. Rhode’s friend had apparently survived an assassination attempt two weeks ago. In that incident, a bullet narrowly missed a primary school pupil.
Of the shooting, his aunt said: “Monray… was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now his mother is dumbstruck in her grief.”
Police have confirmed the shooting, but did not comment on whether arrests have been made.
Two men fled the scene, said police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel André Traut. “The motive for the murder is unknown at this stage.”
daneel.knoetze@inl.co.za
Cape Argus