An off-duty Johannesburg policeman was murdered in Hillbrow on Thursday afternoon.
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said the officer‚ from the recovery unit‚ was on foot when he was shot several times in the upper body. The incident took place at about 3pm. He was declared dead on the scene.
One suspect was arrested in the basement in a building near the crime scene in Bruce Street. A second suspects remains at large and the murder weapon remains missing.