Former gang boss Rashied Staggie gunned down
Police in Cape Town are investing a case of murder after the notorious former Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie was shot and killed in Salt River in Cape Town on Friday.
It is believed that the 58-year-old man was sitting in his vehicle when two unknown gunmen opened fire.
Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa says the suspects fled the scene on foot, with Staggie declared dead upon arrival at a nearby hospital.
Staggie was granted parole several years ago after serving more than a decade behind bars for kidnapping and rape in 2003.
In 2004, he received another 13 years for stealing guns from a police armoury.
Potelwa says police have since combed the Salt River scene for further investigations.
The killing of Staggie is the second killing of a Hard Livings gang leader in Cape Town in the past 24 hours.
On Thursday afternoon 32-year-old Ballie Tips was gunned down, while a 16-year-old was injured in Mitchell's Plain.