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Crime scene at Botanic Gardens Road in Berea area
A man believed to be in his 20s has been killed in a shootout with police in the Berea area in Durban.
Personnel from a private ambulance service say the man sustained a gunshot wound to the head.
A paramedic, Garrith Jamieson, says the man sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene.
Jamieson says, “Paramedics arrived on the scene to find SAPS and multiple security personnel in attendance and were shown to a male believed to be in his twenties who had sustained a gunshot wound to his head. Paramedics assessed the man; however, the man had sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene. All necessary authorities were in attendance.”
Shooting incident on Botanic Gardens Road in Berea areahttps://t.co/0hRgS7N8YX#ArriveAlive #Crime #Shooting @AlsParamedics pic.twitter.com/Q8so25mOh8
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) March 18, 2026
