NWest Robber Killed

[LazyLion]

A man was killed in Mahikeng, North West, when he tried to rob a house owner at gunpoint, police said on Thursday.

Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said the man and an accomplice confronted another man when he arrived home at Molopo Street on Wednesday carrying a bag of money.

They fired two shots and ordered him to hand over the bag. He did so and the two ran away.

A security guard in the house, which was also used as a gas refilling business, gave chase and fired at the fleeing robbers. One of them was hit and died on the scene. The second robber escaped.

The bag with money was recovered, along with the firearm the robbers used.

The gun was stolen from a police officer a few minutes before the robbery.

Apparently the officer was at a nearby filling station moving something from the boot of his vehicle when the robbers grabbed the gun from his waist and ran away.

Police opened a murder docket.


Source : Sapa /lk/hdw/ks/th/jk
Date : 04 Jul 2013 13:42

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

How do you just "grab" a gun out of holster on a cop and get away?

 

[Fulcrum29]

A man was killed in Mahikeng, North West, when he tried to rob a house owner at gunpoint, police said on Thursday.

The gun was stolen from a police officer a few minutes before the robbery.

Police opened a murder docket.

The security guard did an outstanding service in obtaining the thieves loot; I would not say the same about the policemen who got robbed. I hope they do not accuse murder onto the security guard.

 

[Solarion]

How do you just "grab" a gun out of holster on a cop and get away?

Speaking of, I've seen the cops around Toti have some attached from the underside of the gun (on the clip) that looks like it tethers it to the holster or something. Anyone seen?

 

[Inertia]

The security guard did an outstanding service in obtaining the thieves loot; I would not say the same about the policemen who got robbed. I hope they do not accuse murder onto the security guard.

The security guard is in a lot of ****. Shooting at fleeing robbers is considered murder here

 

[Fulcrum29]

The security guard is in a lot of ****. Shooting at fleeing robbers is considered murder here

True, but the cop should also be attended to accordingly. When I was younger I picked up a gun in the road, took it to the police station and they did not want to accept it (they told me it is not their problem)… This was in Bellville, called the police I knew in Strand and they sorted the matter. My police buddies later told me that I could have ended in a very bad situation with a cop’s gun… so I picked up a cop gun in a public area… and it was not empty.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Speaking of, I've seen the cops around Toti have some attached from the underside of the gun (on the clip) that looks like it tethers it to the holster or something. Anyone seen?

Seen the cops on who commute on our bus have the same thing. Seems to loop through their belts as well.