“I called him to the side and told him to stop fighting and just go home and have an argument when he is sober enough.

“He then turned on me and insisted on getting his gun. I tried to make him understand that whatever he wanted to do was not worth it and that they should go home and resolve their problems.

The employer left the irate man, and the bouncer kicked him out, and they “ended up giving him the gun and no ammunition because we were scared of what he might do”.

 

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And then things became increasingly more intense until a loud bang rang in the rain:

“I was explaining to the CCID officer what the fight was about,” said the witness, “I was facing away from the 24-year-old, his girlfriend and the bouncer. I thought things were fine at the time.

“I heard a loud gunshot, and when I looked back, I saw him falling to the ground. I wasn’t sure who was shot and who was hit, because the last I checked the man didn’t have ammunition.”

At this point, the man was barely clinging to life when he was taken to the hospital, said the Club Coco employee:

When the Cape Argus team arrived at the scene, the victim’s emotional brother arrived and took away the girlfriend who had blood stains on her face, hands and hair, and they rushed to the hospital.

Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg confirmed that the shooting incident happened on Sunday morning at about 7:50AM on the corner of Loop and Hout streets:

“Cape Town Central police attended the crime scene where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to his head. The victim was taken to a medical facility where he later died.

He said an inquest was registered for investigation and asked that anyone with more information about the fateful moment contact the police ASAP.

Contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 if you or anyone you know has word on the street.