{"id":129460,"date":"2016-08-01T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T10:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=129460"},"modified":"2016-08-01T12:50:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T10:50:07","slug":"alleged-shootout-at-edenvale-centre-leaves-man-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/08\/01\/alleged-shootout-at-edenvale-centre-leaves-man-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged shootout at Edenvale centre leaves man dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man, believed to be in his 20s, was killed this morning after an apparent shootout at a retail centre in Edenvale.<\/p>\n<p>ER24 paramedics, along with another private service, arrived on the scene and found a light motor vehicle in the parking area surrounded by a heavy police presence.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cUpon inspection, paramedics found the man lying next to his vehicle,\u201d said Russel Meiring, spokesman for ER24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessment showed that the man had sustained a gunshot wound to his head and one to his abdomen and he showed no signs of life.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately nothing could be done for the man and he was declared dead on the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meiring added that it is believed that there was a shootout between the police and an unknown number of gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exact details surrounding the shooting are not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129295\/father-and-daughter-robbed-at-gunpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\">Father and daughter robbed at gunpoint<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129264\/stolen-vehicle-traced-to-industrial-site-in-meadowdale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stolen vehicle traced to industrial site in Meadowdale<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='82d2083bea117b6f3e03d6426ba2d29f'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been killed after an alleged shootout between police and gunmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":125748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[989,1881,1824,969,10448,2734,999,11881,998,1840,11880],"class_list":["post-129460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-edenvale","tag-er24","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-gun","tag-melissa-hart","tag-police","tag-retail-centre","tag-saps","tag-shooting","tag-shootout"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","edenvale","ER24","germiston city news","gun","melissa hart","police","retail centre","SAPS","shooting","shootout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}