“On Friday, 6.45pm, police received a complaint of a shooting that occurred at Blesbok Street and swiftly responded. Upon arrival, they found community members and a white Corsa utility bakkie parked outside one of the houses, with blood stains,” he said.
Masondo said preliminary investigations revealed that Ntombela had just parked outside his house when the assailant walked up to the vehicle and fired several shots.
“It is reported that the deceased parked his vehicle outside his house and while sitting in the vehicle, an unknown male walked towards his vehicle and started to shoot multiple times where the deceased was sitting and walked away.
“It is further alleged that a white Polo came at high speed and picked up the shooter and they drove off. At this stage, the motive for the shooting is unknown,” he said.
According to Radebe, Ntombela was shot six times.
“Apparently, a guy in a red Polo was just parked outside his yard. One of the guys from the car suddenly got out and went to where Manqoba was sitting in his car, parked outside. That’s his usual routine, he normally parks there before closing the shop,” Radebe said.
“Suddenly, this young man came out and opened fire. He was shot six times. Some local guys who were nearby quickly tried to rush him to the hospital. On the way, they saw an ambulance approaching, so they stopped it. The ambulance turned onto the roadside to assist. They attempted to resuscitate him, but it was already too late. He was gone,” said Radebe.
Radebe said there is speculation about the motives behind the killing, but nothing has been confirmed.
“At this point, everyone typically thinks it’s connected to the spaza mafia and you never really know. We’ve dealt with this before. It’s been a year since the last shooting, the last killing, so we thought this whole thing had died down.”
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