A metro police officer was arrested for shooting dead a taxi driver in Naledi, Soweto, Gauteng police said on Tuesday.
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officer had pulled up alongside a taxi which he felt was blocking the road, said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela.
The JMPD officer, 32, allegedly shot the taxi driver, 38, at around 8.30pm after being threatened with a screwdriver.
"The taxi driver was certified dead at the scene and the [officer] was arrested and will be charged with murder," said Makhubela.
He would appear in the Protea Magistrate's Court soon.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) would investigate the incident.
Officer shoots dead taxi driver
A metro police officer was arrested for shooting dead a taxi driver in Naledi, Soweto, Gauteng police said on Tuesday.
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officer had pulled up alongside a taxi which he felt was blocking the road, said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela.
The JMPD officer, 32, allegedly shot the taxi driver, 38, at around 8.30pm after being threatened with a screwdriver.
"The taxi driver was certified dead at the scene and the [officer] was arrested and will be charged with murder," said Makhubela.
He would appear in the Protea Magistrate's Court soon.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) would investigate the incident.