Man killed in hail of bullets in Margate
Updated | By Xolani Khumalo
A man has been killed in a shooting in a parking lot in Margate.
It's understood gunmen opened fire on him and a woman he was sitting with in a parked car with outside a hardware store off the R620 on Wednesday afternoon.
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"Medics assessed the scene and found that the adult male driver had sustained fatal injuries after being shot multiple times, and was sadly declared deceased," says Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst.
"The adult female passenger, sustained a minor graze to her left leg. The lady was treated on scene, however declined ambulance transportation to hospital.
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"Circumstances leading up to the shooting will be investigated by the SAPS who were on scene."
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