Police are searching for six suspects after a young man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Mitchells Plain.
|||Cape Town - A young man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Mitchells Plain last night.
Police are searching for six suspects who fled the scene of the shooting in Beacon Valley in a silver Toyota Corolla.
“At about 10.45pm, Mitchells Plain (police) received a shooting complaint. Upon arrival on the scene, they found the 20-year-old victim lying on the ground in a pool of blood,” said police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk.
The shots were fired from the Toyota and the man sustained multiple wounds.
Beacon Valley residents used social media to extend their condolences to the man’s family and complain of a spate of shootings inthe area in recent weeks.
They also claimed police were not patrolling the area at the times such attacks took place.
Van Wyk said the circumstances surrounding the incident were being investigated and it was not possible to speculate on gang violence at this stage.
“A murder case was opened for investigation; no one has been arrested as yet,” he said.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
Cape Argus