News24 | ‘You need 9 lives to live here’: Residents live in fear after man shot dead in vehicle in Cape Town

A man was shot and killed while in a vehicle in Lansdowne on Wednesday night. (Rehana Saal / Facebook)

A man was shot and killed while in a vehicle in Lansdowne on Wednesday night. (Rehana Saal / Facebook)

A man was shot dead in a vehicle in Lansdowne, Cape Town, on Wednesday night.

Police officers arrived at the scene at the intersection of Racecourse and Flamingo Roads at around 19:50.

The man sustained multiple gunshot wounds, Western Cape police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said, and was declared dead at the scene.

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