IPID probing deadly Westville shootout between cops, robbers

IPID probing deadly Westville shootout between cops, robbers

Police watchdog IPID says their investigators are probing Friday's deadly shootout in Westville. 

Three armed suspects dead after Westville robbery
Supplied: SAPS

Three suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with police at a shopping complex in Westville yesterday.

 

It's understood that a man had just withdrawn money from a bank when he was approached by armed suspects and robbed.

 

They fled the scene in two getaway vehicles.

 READ: Three armed suspects dead after Westville robbery

Police found one of the vehicles along Dudley Road and a high-speed chase ensued before the suspects allegedly opened fire.

 

"Investigations will be continuing with regards to the death of those people," says IPID spokesperson Robbie Raburabu. 

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