'Suspected hit' sees man killed in hail of bullets in Umhlanga
Updated | By Nondumiso Dube
A man believed to be in his forties has been killed in a suspected drive-by shooting in Umhlanga, north of Durban.
![Man killed in hail of bullets in Umhlanga 2](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/2220220127_102528_resized.width-800.jpg)
Netcare 911's Shawn Herbst says paramedics attended to the scene this morning and found the adult male to have been shot while seated in his vehicle.
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"Reports from the scene indicate that an adult male believed to be in his forties had sustained multiple high calibre gunshot wounds throughout his body in what appears to be a hit.
“The patient was assessed by a Netcare 911 paramedics. However, he showed no signs of life and was declared deceased.
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“Circumstances leading up to the incident will be investigated by the relevant authorities who were on scene.”
![Umhlanga drive by shooting 27 jan](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/Umhlanga_drive_by_shooting_27_jan.original.jpg)
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