Suspect shot dead in Middelvlei business robbery

A business at Sonskyn Melkery in Middelvlei, was robbed and a suspect was shot dead by the son of the business owner.

The incident happened around 11am on Tuesday, 18, August.

According to Randfontein Police spokesperson, Sergeant Carmen Hendricks, three unidentified men walked into the shop and disguised as customers.

They approached the woman in the shop and told her they were interested in dairy products after which, they ransacked her shop.

They took some undisclosed amount of money and fled with two firearms.

When the woman’s son noticed what happened, he started running after them.

“The woman’s son chased after the robbers, and when one of them shot at him, he returned fire and shot one of the suspected robbers. Paramedics later declared him dead,” Hendricks said.

They dropped the stolen firearms a few metres away from the scene.

However, the police together with EPR Security was able to arrest a suspect and seized a firearm found with him.

“The injured victim was taken to hospital and the arrested suspect will appear in the Randfontein Magistrate’s Court soon” Hendricks said.

The  Randfontein detectives are still searching for the other suspect and urge the community to relay any information concerning the suspect to the police .

They can be contacted on 011 414 4329 or 011 767 2300.

Anyone with information can also make use of the my SAPS app, and can contact the Crime Stop number on 086 001 0111 to report crime anonymously.