DURBAN - A 35-year-old man was arrested for shooting a man attempting to rob him on Camelia Place in Howick West last week.
Provincial police spokesperson Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo, said the incident took place on June 8 at 1.30pm.
Ngcobo said a 43-year-old man was at Camelia Place when he was shot by the man he was attempting to rob.
“He sustained gunshot wounds on the left hand and left thigh and was taken to hospital for medical attention,”she said.
Midlands EMS spokesperson Roland Robertson said an advanced life support ambulance was dispatched to Howick west just after 12.10pm.
“Upon arrival it was found that a male patient had been shot and was in a critical condition and required urgent advanced life support treatment,” he said.
Robertson said the patient was treated on scene before being transported to a nearby hospital for further care.
Howick police arrested the 35-year-old man for attempted murder.
Police said the suspect appeared in the Howick Magistrate’s court on Thursday.
In March, The Mercury reported that a robbery suspect was allegedly shot in the knee after a gun went off during a struggle on a property in Assagay near Hillcrest in the Upper Highway area in KwaZulu-Natal.
Mobi-Claw 911 responded to the scene and, upon arrival, a struggle ensued between the homeowner, a tenant, security officer and the suspect.
“During the struggle, a shot went off and struck the suspect in the knee,” said Mobi-Claw 911 spokesperson Mike Myers.
“The suspect was arrested and transported to hospital under police guard,” said Myers.
At the time of the report it was unknown whose gun had gone off.