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East Rand Mall shooting leaves one dead

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A security officer has been killed and two others wounded following a shooting incident at the East Rand Mall, in Johannesburg. A female shopper was airlifted to hospital for medical care.

Netcare 911 spokesperson, Tebogo Mogoro says the officer was declared dead on the scene.

“One of the victims had a gun-shot wound at the back and unfortunately sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead on scene. One of the allege robbers and a female victim sustained minor to moderate injuries and were treated on scene before one was airlifted by Netcare 911 and the other was transported by road to the nearest hospital for further medical treatment. At this stage the exact details were

It was earlier reported that the suspects were attempting to rob one of the shops in the mall but police say this was not the case. Two suspects have been arrested.

Gauteng police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo, says they received a tip-off that the suspects who were wanted for murder, were at the shopping centre.

“As we were approaching them they started to shoot at us. Then there was a shoot-out between the suspects and the police. One suspect was shot and wounded. The other suspect was arrested without any injuries. Three of the suspects managed to escape, they are still at large. A security officer at the mall who was assisting the police to apprehend the suspects he was shot he later died at the scene,” says Masondo.

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