The man's wife was shot in the leg and is in a critical condition in hospital.
A man was killed and his wife left in a critical condition after a home invasion on Sunday night.A Johannesburg husband was fatally shot several times in the chest as two men — one of them armed — broke into his family's home in a gated community in Randpark Ridge on Sunday.According to a local security service, the family of five was attacked in a home invasion. Community Support Services released a detailed account of the incident on Monday afternoon.
“At this point, a scuffle broke out and five shots were set off by the attackers striking the father and mother,” the company said. According to a former resident of the complex, the gated community has had robberies at gunpoint in the past. The resident did not want to be named for fear of retribution.
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