The Elsburg SAPS are investigating a case of attempted murder after two alleged suspects were shot.<\/p>\n
The police received the complaint at about 11.45am, last Monday, and on their arrival at the scene, they discovered Metro Police officers in attendance.<\/p>
\u201cThe police officers were told by a Metro Police officer that they had chased the suspects, who were driving a charcoal BMW from the R554,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver of the BMW crashed into a traffic light at the corner of Heidelberg Road and Brug Street, in Elsburg.\u201d<\/p>
Phooko added that when they approached the vehicle the EMPD officers found three men in the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man in the back seat of the vehicle jumped out and ran into the veld; the man in the front passenger seat also tried to run away, but collapsed next to a lamp pole.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the Metro Police officers pursued the man who had run off, but he escaped,\u201d Phooko said.<\/p>\n
While in pursuit, the officer heard shots and returned to the vehicle, where he found that the two occupants of the BMW had been shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver was shot in the left thigh and the front seat passenger had been shot through the stomach,\u201d Phooko said.<\/p>\n
The driver of the BMW was rushed to Tambo Memorial Hospital in a Metro Police vehicle and the second man was rushed to the same hospital in an ambulance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Elsburg police are investigating a case of attempted murder,\u201d Phooko said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not known who shot the suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n
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