Bullet misses driver by centimetres

Danielle Dooley
A man was lucky to escape a bullet which hit the roof of his car in a shoot out between attempted car thieves and security guards at Campus Square in Melville yesterday around lunch time.

The patron had been to Pick ‘n Pay and was driving out of Campus Square when he heard the gun shots from behind, he ducked down and to tried and get out of the centre as soon as possible but the next thing he hears the bullet hit his car.

He carried on to the McDonalds across the road and waited for the gunfire to cease.

Metro Police officers were at the centre for lunch and responded to the scene immediately, the suspects who were driving an old green Honda managed to escape; it is unclear if any if any of the suspects were injured, as a bullet went through the window of their vehicle.

Patrons at the centre started screaming and hid for cover when they heard the shots.
The man of the vehicle that was his said he is extremely lucky, had the bullet been a few centimetres lower it may have hit his head.

Police from Hillbrow and Brixton attended to the scene and took a description of the suspects and their vehicle and went in search of them.

Six shots were fired police and Metro officers marked the positions of the bullets and waited for the forensics department to arrive to investigate the shooting and take the bullets and shells for investigation.

No none injuries occurred in this incident.

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Police and security guards at the scene of the shooting with orange cones marking the bullet shells.