2025/06/05 Media Statement South African Police Service Office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng PARKTOWN - Three suspects were fatally wounded and one arrested during a shootout with the police on the N1 Freeway in Sandton on Thursday, 05 June 2025. Police received information about the suspects who had just committed house robbery in Randburg and took several appliances and the victim's VW Polo. Police from Gauteng Highway Patrol, together Gauteng Traffic Airwing and Cap Security started looking for the suspects. The vehicle driven by the suspects and the one taken from the house robbery scene were spotted. As the police tried to stop them on the N1 Highway, the suspects started shooting at the police and a shootout ensued. Three of the suspects were fatally wounded and the fourth suspect, who was driving the car taken from the house robbery, was arrested as he tried to jump out of the car. Police recovered two firearms and the appliances that are believed to have been taken during the house robbery. The suspects are believed to be part of the syndicate that has been committing house in robberies in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. The suspects are facing charges that include attempted murder, possession of unlicensed firearms, house robbery and possession of suspected stolen property. Ends Enquiries: Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo 071 608 5490 https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetail.php?nid=61401