Police say after killing the 35-year-old driver, the robbers made off in his vehicle.
According to Reagan Croeser, chairperson of the Summer Greens Neighbourhood Watch (SGNHW), the driver stopped at a shop on the corners of Summer Greens Way and Ploughman’s Crescent to buy airtime.
“He was sitting in his car and loading the airtime. He was driving a white VW Polo. They tried to rob him and shot him in the abdomen,” explains Croeser.
Police spokesperson, Captain FC van Wyk, says about 8:40pm Milnerton police were called to Summer Greens.
“Officers attended to a complaint and was informed that the 35-year-old victim was sitting in his vehicle in Summer Greens Drive, when the suspects approached and threatened him with a firearm to rob him of the vehicle,” says Van Wyk.
PROBE: The man was shot in the abdomen
“When the victim refused he was shot and pulled out of the vehicle and the suspects drove off in the vehicle. A murder case was registered for investigation.”
Croeser says the Watch is concerned about the violent incident in the usually quiet suburb.
“Yes, we are very concerned as a few months ago there was also an attempted hijacking of another taxi driver, but that vehicle was recovered in Summer Greens,” he says.
Uber has confirmed the 35-year-old man drove for them. However, they say he was not working, or online, at the time of the incident.