A 33 year old man has been left with serious injuries after he was allegedly shot in Oakdene, Johannesburg, this morning.
ER24 paramedics were called to the mountain behind The Glen shopping center for a patient that had suffered suspected gunshot wounds after he was robbed of some of his property on his person. The motive behind the shooting is as yet not known, but it believed that there are a number of informal dwellings on the mountain, and the man was either visiting or lives in the area.
He was allegedly walking along the mountain when an unknown number of armed men approached him, and he was robbed and shot. Paramedics could not reach the man with their vehicles, and thus had to walk up the 600 meters, with all of their equipment, to where the patient was lying. He had sustained three wounds to his body, two in the lower region of his stomach and right thigh, as well as a wound to his left shoulder. The man remained in an alert and orientated state, although he was in severe pain. Paramedics gave him the appropriate medication, strapped him into a spine board and carried him down the mountain while the ER24
Discovery Medicopter made their way to a nearby school where they landed to begin loading the patient.
The man was airlifted to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesberg where he was handed over in a stable condition.
Police will be investigating.
Vanessa Jackson
Johannesburg