{"id":52260,"date":"2023-01-24T07:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T05:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/police-searching-for-truck-murdered-cape-town-man-was-collecting-money-for-on-the-day-he-was-killed-20230123\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:08:19","slug":"police-searching-for-truck-murdered-cape-town-man-was-collecting-money-for-on-the-day-he-was-killed-20230123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/police-searching-for-truck-murdered-cape-town-man-was-collecting-money-for-on-the-day-he-was-killed-20230123\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating truck deal after seller shot dead in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The man who was shot dead behind the steering wheel of his white Mercedes-Benz SUV in Saxenburg Park, Blackheath, around midday on Tuesday 17 January has been identified as Mohamed Sha Amran (44). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, TygerBurger<\/em> reported Kuils River police reacted to a complaint of a shooting incident in Strand Road<\/a> at 12:31 found the man, already dead, sitting behind the steering wheel of his vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body and head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to information received by the police, two suspects fled the scene in a white Toyota Corolla with unknown registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WO Liezel Beukes, the spokesperson of Kuils River police, confirmed on Monday (16 January) the deceased was identified as Mohamed Sha Amran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The white Hyundai truck Mohamed Sha Amran sold last week before he was shot and killed.<\/div>\n
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Beukes said according to information obtained Amran was collecting money in Kuils River on Tuesday 17 January (the day he was shot) for a truck he sold in the Kuils River area the previous day (Monday 16 January).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuils River police are currently looking for the truck\u2009\u2013 a white Hyundai with an unknown registration number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact the investigating officer detective Sgt Marlon Parring of Kuils River police on 082\u2009411\u20093224 if you have any information about the whereabouts of the truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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