Robber shot dead after fleeing
2009-10-23 17:11
Johannesburg - A robber was found shot dead after he fled a shop he had robbed with three others in Mdantsane, police said on Friday.
Spokesperson Mluleki Mbi said four men entered a shop wielding firearms on Thursday evening.
They fired two shots, wounding the shopkeeper in his leg, before fleeing with his cellphone.
An assistant who was in the store with him was not injured.
When police arrived, they found one of the men lying dead with a gunshot wound in the face.
"It is unclear who had shot him," said Mbi.
A case of murder and armed robbery has been opened.
- SAPA