Police confirm car sprayed with bullets in fatal Umbilo drive-by was e-hailing taxi

It's understood the vehicle had come to a stop at the traffic light outside a licensing centre when suspects in a white SUV opened fire.

The driver and single passenger were killed instantly.

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Police spokesperson, Jay Naicker says officers have been in contact with the owner of the vehicle.

"He has confirmed to us that the vehicle does belong to him and that it was used as an e-hailing taxi cab," he says. 

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Meanwhile, a local resident who does not want to be named says he heard the sound of gunshots in his flat. 

"I was in my flat and all of a sudden I heard about three gunshots. We thought it was a truck passing that had a fault with its tyres, but then I saw my neighbours running from the flat. Then after the three shots, I heard plenty gunshots going off."

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