Gunman in taxi shoots cop

2003-07-17 11:19

Durban - A police officer was wounded in the shoulder at Inanda, Kwazulu-Natal, on Wednesday when a taxi passenger fired a shot at him, Durban North police spokesperson Captain Gugu Sabela said on Thursday.

Sabela said the officer was patrolling in Inanda when he spotted a taxi parked on the wrong side of the road.

When he approached the taxi the driver apologised.

However, at that point, Sabela said, a passenger jumped out of the vehicle and fired a gun at the officer.

He was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mount Edgecombe Hospital, where he was in a stable condition.

Sabela said the gunman ran away and no arrests had been made.

Police investigators were mystified why the passenger had suddenly opened fire on the officer.

- SAPA