Taxi owner gunned down outside Verulam home
KwaZulu-Natal police have launched an investigation after a 49-year-old man was gunned down outside his home in Verulam, north of Durban.
Officials say he was sitting in a vehicle when he was shot multiple times on Nkululeko Road in Waterloo on Tuesday night.
Paramedics from Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) were called to the scene.
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RUSA spokesperson Prem Balram said: "Reaction offices were dispatched to the scene and upon arrival found a male slumped in a Toyota Corrola.
"Paramedics were dispatched to assist and declared the man deceased. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was later identified as a taxi owner."
A case of murder has been opened.
