A man set to appear in court on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm, was shot outside the Goodwood Magistrate's Court.
|||Cape Town - A man set to appear in court on a charge of illegal possession of a firearm, was shot outside the Goodwood Magistrate's Court on Friday morning, Western Cape police said.
Lt-Col Thembinkosi Kinana said the man, in his 40s, died a short while later in hospital.
He was apparently walking along the street outside the court when he was approached by an armed person who fired a shot and ran away.
“There are no indications that the incident is gang-related at this stage. No arrests have been made,” Kinana said.
The National Prosecuting Authority's Western Cape spokesman, Eric Ntabazalila, said the shooting victim was to have appeared in court for illegal possession of a firearm. - Sapa