One person was killed and a suspect later arrested after a gunfight between an off-duty cop and robbers at a Johannesburg salon. Cops are hunting the other suspects.
The suspects had entered the business and held up the people inside before firing shots that killed one personAn off-duty policeman and salon robbers engaged in a shootout that killed one person in Johannesburg . Images: Chris McGrath, Tshepiso Mametela JOHANNESBURG — An off-duty police officer shot and killed one suspect and injured another in a shootout at a hair salon in Johannesburg CBD."The officer retaliated, firing at the suspects.
This has earned him plaudits and reverence on a wide scale while, in the background, police shootouts, which have become commonplace in his province, continue to account for the lives of criminals amid rampant crime.Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is an evening/weekend editor at Briefly News.
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