Cops launch manhunt after guard shot dead outside Greyville Racecourse
Updated | By Lauren Beukes
A security guard was shot dead outside the Greyville Racecourse this morning during an alleged business robbery.
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The man was allegedly trying to alert patrons to the robbery when he was fatally wounded.
Police have confirmed, five suspects are on the run, following the murder of a security guard believed to be in his forties.
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It is understood that they were attempting to rob a betting facility at the racecourse when the man intervened. They then shot him in the chest before they fled the scene.
A private security company which was on the scene claims the suspects did not take anything from the business.
Police say they have launched a search for the suspects.
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