Two killed, one injured in M1 bridge shooting in Joburg
Two people have been killed and one is in a critical condition following a shootout on the M1 highway near the Xavier off-ramp in Johannesburg.
Details around the incident in the south of the city are still sketchy.
"Preliminary investigation suggests that three people were driving in a silver Toyota Corolla on Xavier Road, near the M1 on-ramp when they were shot at,” says Gauteng police spokesperson Mavela Masondo.
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“The driver and one passenger were certified dead on the scene while the second passenger was rushed to a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound.”
The motive of the shooting is unknown and Masondo says police is appealing to the public for information.
