{"id":235465,"date":"2020-03-06T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/235465\/three-men-shot-in-webber-road-shooting\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:24:49","slug":"three-men-shot-in-webber-road-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/06\/three-men-shot-in-webber-road-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple murder suspected to be linked to taxi violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Germiston police are investigating a triple murder after three people were shot on Friday morning in Lambton.<\/p>\n

Police suspect that the shooting is taxi-violence related.<\/p>

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When police arrived on the scene, one of the victims was found outside the vehicle lying in the street, while the other two were still in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

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Const Daphney Phooko, Ekurhuleni West District communications officer, told the GCN that the three victims, a private taxi owner and two security guards, were travelling towards Germiston in a black 3 Series BMW, when the shooting occurred at 10.15am.<\/p>

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\u201cAs they approached the traffic light at the intersection of Webber and Beacon roads in Lambton, four occupants in a gold Qashqai opened fire on them with an AK47,\u201d said Phooko.<\/p>\n

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A bullet-ridden 3 Series BMW rests against a traffic light at the intersection of Webber and Beacon roads, Lambton, on Friday morning. The three occupants were allegedly shot in a taxi-violence related incident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phooko added that the taxi owner had been at a meeting in Germiston and was returning to the meeting after buying food.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe security officers had been hired by him and he was not driving his own vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was driving a vehicle which had allegedly been lent to him by another taxi owner,\u201d Phooko said.<\/p>\n

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Two licensed AK47s were found in the victims\u2019 vehicle.<\/p>\n

The victims have been identified, but their next of kin have not yet been informed.<\/p>\n

No other injuries were reported on the scene.<\/p>\n

The suspects in the Qashqai are still at large and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

The Germiston SAPS is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

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Three men, two found in the 3 Series BMW and one on the road, were killed during an alleged incident of taxi violence at the intersection of Webber and Beacon roads, Lambton, on Friday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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