A state prosecutor has been shot and killed while allegedly moonlighting as an e-hailing taxi driver.
Advocate Vukile Gontsana, who was the senior state prosecutor at Parow Regional Court, was murdered on Saturday afternoon on Strarrenberg Avenue in Kleinvlei.
A witness says: “He was shot three times in the head.
“Apparently he had two passengers with him but he is the only one who got shot.
“I’m not sure what happened to the other occupants.
“I heard a car was following him and when they reached the speed bump the gunman got out and shot the Uber driver.
“The body was collected about eight hours after the shooting.”
The man, who lives close to the scene, says he heard the gunshots but only went to see what happened when police arrived.
“They said that the suspects were driving a Toyota RunX.
“The victim was in a white Toyota Etios. This is quite shocking because we have never seen anything like this before in this area, and we are not sure whether this is taxi violence or a hit.”
Captain FC van Wyk says the victim worked for Uber and Kleinvlei SAPS are investigating a murder case.
“It happened at about 12.45pm at Strarrenberg Avenue, Palm Park, Kleinvlei, where a man in his 30s (Uber driver) was shot and fatally wounded. The unknown suspect/s fled the scene and is yet to be arrested.”
Uber did not respond to queries.