[WESTGATE] Man killed in a shooting incident

A man had sustained fatal injuries following a shooting incident on Hatting road in Westgate, Pietermaritzburg this afternoon.

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene after 17h00, they found the police already in attendance. Upon further assessment, paramedics found a bakkie in the road with a man still seated in the driver’s seat. Unfortunately, the man had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was showing no signs of life. He was declared dead by paramedics at the scene.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are not known to our paramedics.