A Taxi driver was shoot and killed in Helenvale near, Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape

PE taxi driver killed in early morning shooting

By Phumlani Saul

Port Elizabeth police are investigating the murder of a man in Helenvale early on Friday morning.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said that 31-year-old Jayden Pillay was standing on the balcony of a house in Chamois Street when he was shot just before 6 am.

She said Pillay, who was a taxi driver, was fatally wounded in the head when a shot was fired from below.

The motive for the shooting is not known and the suspect is also unknown at this stage.

“The incident is not gang-related and SAPS Gelvandale is investigating a case of murder,” Naidu said.

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