A white motorbiker, father of a 4-yo daughter and private security-guard Douglas Pierce, 39, was shot dead with two shots in his back during a sonamed 'road-rage incident'. The unnamed murder-suspect motorist was scheduled for remand in Roodepoort court Monday Feb 17 2014:
Beeld Afrikaans daily reports that Douglas Pierce was shot dead when a man he rowed with, reportedly an attorney, fired two shots into his back. http://www.beeld.com/nuus/2014-02-14-padwoede-man-glo-van-agter-geskiet
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February 14 2014 SAPA - THE STAR picture: Shot dead: security guard Douglas Pierce, 39, the father of a four-year-old child, the motorbiker who was shot dead in Northriding. Picture: Chris Collingridge
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Johannesburg - A motorist who allegedly shot dead a motorcyclist in an apparent road-rage confrontation in North Riding, north of Randburg on Friday has been arrested, Gauteng police said.
The slightly-injured driver, in his forties, was arrested after being treated for head injuries under police guard at a nearby hospital, said Lt-Col Katlego Mogale. The slightly injured man would appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Monday on a murder charge, Mogale said. The sedan driver and 39-year-old biker Douglas Pierce allegedly had an argument while both were driving on Malibongwe Drive just after Witkoppen Road, North Riding - earlier on Friday, said Mogale.
They both pulled off the road, the biker -- who works as a body guard -- and the driver got into a heated argument. It is claimed that “The biker allegedly assaulted the motorist who in turn fired shots, fatally wounding him.”
Police recovered firearms from both men for ballistic testing. The Star reported that Pierce was married and had a four-year-old child. Sapa
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/motorist-arrested-over-road-rage-death-1.1647528#.Uv7Xos5fTHw
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February 14 2014 at 01:30pm By Botho Molosankwe and Kristen van Schie - The Star - Johannesburg - Bullets flew during peak-hour traffic on Friday morning when a motorist and a motorcyclist shot at each other in an alleged road rage incident.
By the time everything was over, the 43-year-old white motorcyclist -- (*identified as 39-year-old Douglas Pierce, father of a four-year-old and a security guard) -- lay dead with two gunshot wounds while the injured motorist was under police guard at hospital. He was shot once.
Netcare 911 spokeswoman Santi Steinmann said the motorist was “in a serious condition” but the motorcyclist had already died by the time the paramedics arrived at the scene.
The gunfight took place on the corner of Boundary Road and Malibongwe Drive in Northriding, Randburg. At about 10am, the 39-year-old biker’s mother sobbed in the back of a car at the intersection, three hours after he was shot.
Lying between a black and orange motorbike and a white sedan was the body of her son, still wearing his helmet. The woman was too distraught to talk -- but her son’s neighbour said the man worked as a bodyguard and was a member of a motorcycle club. He lived with his wife and 4-year-old daughter in Randpark Ridge.
Joburg metro police spokeswoman Edna Mamonyane said the shooting occurred between 6.50 and 7.10 on Friday morning.
What led to the two men pulling out their pistols and shooting each other was not yet known.
“They both had guns. We don’t know what the reason for their altercation was,” she said.Gauteng police spokeswoman Colonel Katlego Mogale said it was believed that the fight had started way before the intersection.
Mogale said the 43-year-old motorist was under police guard at an undisclosed hospital where he was being treated for his injuries as he was a suspect in murder.
The incident severely affected rush-hour traffic. botho.molosankwe@inl.co.za and kristen.vanschie@inl.co.za
The Star http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/road-rage-gunfight-turns-fatal-1.1647373#.Uv7WFs5fTHw
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