Staff Reporter
NDUME Square in Walvis Bay was on Saturday night the backdrop for a shooting incident which left a suspected robber dead, with four of his cronies fleeing from the scene and a shooter arrested for murder.
According to Sergeant Anastasia Frans, Erongo police co-ordinator of community affairs, the incident happened around 22:00 in Agaat Street.
A 54-year-old man reportedly saw five males, armed with knives, attacking an unidentified man and robbing him of his cell phone at a business centre.
The 54-year-old allegedly chased the five males, fired a few warning shots and then shot one of them in the head, killing him instantly. The other four ran away.
A Samsung Galaxy J5 was reportedly found lying next to the 25-year-old deceased. An okapi knife was found in his trousers.
“The phone owner is not known at this stage. He allegedly also fled the scene, but the police are hard at work tracing him,” Frans said.
“Once he is found, there is a possibility that a robbery case might be registered against the deceased’s partners in crime who fled the scene.”
The shooter was arrested for murder.
Police investigation continues.
