Man killed during robbery in Pretoria
February 05 2008 at 06:11PM
A 37-year-old man was shot dead during a robbery on Tuesday at a complex in Lyttelton, Gauteng police said.
"The man was waiting for a lift outside the complex he lived in. He was sitting on a bench with a female friend just before the incident happened," said police spokesperson Aveline Hardaker.
His friend went back into the complex to fetch her jersey, when the man was approached by two male suspects who arrived in a car.
"They asked the man if he had keys or a remote for the gate... he told the suspects that when his friend returned, she could open it for them."
Hardaker said when the friend came back, she opened the gate for the suspects.
As the gate opened, the two then approached the woman and grabbed her laptop, handbag, purse and cellphone.
"The man then tried to protect the woman and engaged in a fight with the suspects... the suspects then told the woman to look away as they shot the man, killing him," Hardaker said.
The men then fled in a vehicle with the stolen items.
Police are investigating. - Sapa
