{"id":915738,"date":"2022-01-12T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/12\/cops-launch-hunt-for-killers-after-sydenham-man-is-gunned-down-in-drive-by-shooting\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T19:16:45","slug":"cops-launch-hunt-for-killers-after-sydenham-man-is-gunned-down-in-drive-by-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/12\/cops-launch-hunt-for-killers-after-sydenham-man-is-gunned-down-in-drive-by-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops launch hunt for killers after Sydenham man is gunned down in drive-by shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Durban – Sydenham SAPS are on the hunt for a gang of suspects after a 35-year-old man was gunned down outside his home earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Jared Johnstone was shot several times and succumbed to his injuries at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to police, Johnstone received a phone call with the caller asking him to go outside. Minutes later, he was shot.<\/p>\n

Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala, said the motive for the shooting is unknown and police are investigating further.<\/p>\n

A case of murder has been opened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The community has meanwhile called on police to step up patrols and crime-fighting efforts in the area, which has become a crime hotspot in recent months. <\/p>\n

Johnstone’s cold-blooded murder comes just weeks after a 24-year-old woman was gunned down at the Georgehill informal settlement in Sydenham. <\/p>\n

previously reported that residents living between Sydenham Heights and Georgehill Road were afraid of outing drug dealers in the area, for fear of getting killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One resident said at least two people were gunned down after reporting drug-related crimes to the Sydenham SAPS, while a Sydenham Heights resident said her daughter was pointed out by a known drug dealer after she spoke out about crime in the area.<\/p>\n

“My daughter was walking home and he pointed her out and said he knew who her mother was,” the woman said.<\/p>\n

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Durban – Sydenham SAPS are on the hunt for a gang of suspects after a 35-year-old man was gunned down outside his home earlier this week. Jared Johnstone was shot several times and succumbed to his injuries at the scene. According to police, Johnstone received a phone call with the caller asking him to go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}