{"id":151059,"date":"2017-05-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/151059\/business-robbery-leaves-one-dead\/"},"modified":"2017-05-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T09:00:00","slug":"business-robbery-leaves-one-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/05\/08\/business-robbery-leaves-one-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"EDENVALE: Patron shot, killed in restaurant robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 7 a restaurant patron was killed during an Edenglen business robbery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/295037\/update-mothers-murder-investigated\/\">Mother\u2019s murder investigated<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Captain Jean Olckers, spokesperson of the Edenvale SAPS, said the robbery took place at a restaurant on Harris Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>He said between four to six suspects, some armed with handguns, committed the crime.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Olckers said some of the suspects entered the restaurant, others waited in the parking area and one waited in the getaway vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the restaurant, the suspects held up the patrons and staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/258607\/elderly-womans-murder-leaves-community-in-shock\/\">Elderly woman\u2019s murder leaves community in shock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olckers said the suspects fled after taking a small amount of money and cellular phones from the patrons.<\/p>\n<p>He said the victim followed the suspect who took the money and got into a scuffle with one of the robbers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDuring the scuffle the victim was shot twice. The victim died on the scene,\u201d said Olckers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said cases of murder and business robbery have been opened at the Edenvale SAPS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/273624\/murder-investigations-still-underway\/\">One questioned about murder of Bedfordview businessman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olckers said the suspects fled the scene in an old-model gold-coloured Toyota Camry.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the restaurant&#8217;s patrons had to receive trauma counselling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/295618\/offering-assistance-to-those-in-need\/\">Offering assistance to those in need<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olckers urged anyone with information related to the incident to contact the Edenvale SAPS on 10111, 0860 010 111 or 011 553 8600.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/p><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='6ecd032ef5f4131216a8415d51bcd302'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The victim was shot twice by the robber and he died on the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":151060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Stephan Lehman","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[2051,2810,14499,1881,14500,1563,14501],"class_list":["post-151059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-bedfordview-and-edenvale-news","tag-business-robbery","tag-edenglen","tag-edenvale","tag-edenvale-saps","tag-murder","tag-toyota-camry-captain-jean-olckers"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["bedfordview and edenvale news","business robbery","Edenglen","edenvale","Edenvale SAPS","murder","Toyota Camry. 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