Johannesburg – The police are investigating a fatal multiple shooting and attempted murder at Solo restaurant in Sandton.
The deadly shooting on Thursday night, (6 March 2025), just before 23:00, left three people dead and four others injured.
Narrating events leading to the shooting, Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi on Friday, (7 March 2025), said: “It is reported that, a man with a firearm wanted to enter the restaurant which has a no firearm policy”.
Colonel Nevhuhulwi added: “That is when the altercation started leading to a shooting between the man’s bodyguards and securities.
“Two of the bodyguards were declared dead on scene while five victims (The man, two patrons, a CPF member, and a security guard) were taken to hospital with gunshot injuries and the man succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the man who started this has previously been arrested for a shooting incident also in Sandton last year.”
Colonel Nevhuhulwi said no one has been arrested and police investigations continue.
