Ridgeway, Johannesburg – November 30, 2014 on Leipoldt Street Ridgeway a father heard his daughter’s screams from the driveway as she was arriving home at 21h00.
He ran out the house to find four suspects trying to hijack his daughter in her BMW having boxed her in the driveway in a classic hijack manoeuvre. The hijackers opened fire on the father who returned fire with his licensed firearm shooting one hijacker in the head. The others fled leaving the injured hijacker behind who has been taken to hospital by police. Booysens SAPS are on scene where they have recovered the hijacker’s firearm and cellphone.
The Glenvista Victim Support Unit is on scene counseling the traumatised family. Bullet holes are present in the garage door where the hijackers shot at the father and bullet casings litter the scene of the shootout.
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