"The officers stopped a car in a routine check up when another man passed them, carrying a gun in his hand. The officers ordered him to stop but he pointed a firearm at them. Both officers fired shots at him."
Two Johannesburg metro police officers shot and killed a man in Jeppestown on Monday, spokesman Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.
"The officers stopped a car in a routine check up when another man passed them, carrying a gun in his hand. The officers ordered him to stop but he pointed a firearm at them. Both officers fired shots at him."
Minnaar said the man died at the scene.
He said it was later established that the gunman was kicked out of a tavern by bouncers for carrying a firearm.
Man killed by JHB metro cops
"The officers stopped a car in a routine check up when another man passed them, carrying a gun in his hand. The officers ordered him to stop but he pointed a firearm at them. Both officers fired shots at him."
Two Johannesburg metro police officers shot and killed a man in Jeppestown on Monday, spokesman Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.
"The officers stopped a car in a routine check up when another man passed them, carrying a gun in his hand. The officers ordered him to stop but he pointed a firearm at them. Both officers fired shots at him."
Minnaar said the man died at the scene.
He said it was later established that the gunman was kicked out of a tavern by bouncers for carrying a firearm.
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