A fiery shootout rocked the residential area in and around Bedford Centre, in Gauteng, on Friday evening, and the entire ordeal was caught on camera.
Watch: Gunfire breaks out near Bedford Centre
Details around the incident are still sketchy at this time. However, a brave eyewitness was quick to whip out their phone and capture the tense scenes that unfolded outside his window.
From what we’ve observed in the video footage, the incident took place at the corner of Arbroath and Kloof Street, in the quaint Bedfordview suburb and only a few hundred metres away from the popular Bedford Centre.
In the video, a group of armed suspects are seen releasing gunfire in a direction that is out of frame. Therefore, it remains unclear, this early on in the report, who the suspects were engaged in a shootout with.
But, somewhere along in the clip, the suspects taking cover behind three vehicles are seen dragging a man’s body inside one of the cars.
We were unable to verify the injured shooter’s condition at the time this article was published.
Bizarrely, the suspects ran in circles, scaring off passersby, for about two minutes with no responding police officer in sight.
The details around the shooting remain unclear at this juncture. We will have more updates once our requests for comment are returned from the Bedfordview police.
Here is the video footage of the shootout that took place outside Bedford Centre:
SHOOTOUT: OUTSIDE BEDFORD CENTRE. COE. GP. AWAIT DETAILS. @SAPoliceService @GTP_Traffstats @TrafficRTMC @JoburgMPD @TMPDSafety @City_Ekurhuleni @cci_network pic.twitter.com/BSEYAlZpVs
— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) May 27, 2022