{"id":295606,"date":"2026-02-26T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/?p=295606"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:07:30","slug":"gugulethu-shooting-ny108-extortion-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/gugulethu-shooting-ny108-extortion-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gunned down at NY 108 in Gugulethu, no arrests yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gugulethu police registered a murder case following a shooting incident that occurred at NY 108 in Gugulethu on Wednesday 25 February, at 14:50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-victim-shot-multiple-times-during-argument\">Victim shot multiple times during argument<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial police spokesperson Thembakazi Mpendukana said according to reports the suspect and victim were arguing, which resulted in the unidentified male being shot several times in his upper body and declared dead on the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe suspect fled the scene and no arrest had been made and investigation was still ongoing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-extortion-motive-under-investigation\">Extortion motive under investigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A Gugulethu Community Policing Forum (<a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/khayelitshas-lingelethu-west-cpf-recognized-for-crime-fighting-efforts-20250227\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"46266\">CPF<\/a>) member, speaking on condition of anonymity since they are not mandated speak to the media, said they suspected the shooting was extortion-related. They said the deceased was known to be someone going around extorting money from local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccording to information received from the community the deceased was one of the gang groups collecting money from the local businesses. But it is not clear why he was killed.\u201d They said shooting incidents were the norm in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gugulethu-among-top-murder-hotspots\">Gugulethu among top murder hotspots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The source urged the community to work closely with law-enforcement officers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLooking at the recent crime statistics (third quarter crime statistics) released by the Acting Minister of Police Firoz <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firoz_Cachalia\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firoz_Cachalia\">Cachalia<\/a> on murder, Gugulethu is sitting in position 5 nationally. In the province itself it is number 4. 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