Police close to breakthrough in Melville shooting: acting Gauteng Premier
"The police are convinced, where they are now, that they are about to crack that case," he said.
The acting premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi says police are close to a breakthrough in the New Year's shooting incident in Melville, Johannesburg, that left two people dead and four injured.
Lesufi visited the surviving victims of the shooting on Friday after which he held a media conference.
"They've managed to take all the CCTV footage that is available around the area and they've also managed to set up a team that is following up al the information that is needed," said Lesufi.
"The police are convinced, where they are now, that they are about to crack that case," he said.
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New Year's morning saw another fatal shooting at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg, but Lesufi says early indications are that the two incidents are not linked.
With regards to the Melville shooting, he says the number plates of the car used in the drive-by shooting were cloned.
"The number plates does not math the car and it's a car that belongs to someone who was not nearby or was not at the activity," said Lesufi.