Four individuals shot in fight outside Umhlanga club

Four people were shot in an altercation outside a club in Umhlanga north of Durban in the early hours of Saturday. 

Four individuals, one of them a security officer, were shot amid a fight outside a club in Umhlanga north of Durban in the early morning of Saturday, paramedics said. 

Netcare 911 representative Shawn Herbst said the paramedics had reacted to reports of a shooting on Palm Boulevard in Umhlanga at around 3am on Saturday.

"Reports from the scene indicate that three members of the public and a security officer were shot during an altercation outside a club.

"The patients were treated on scene before being transported to hospital for further treatment," Herbst said.

"Circumstances leading up to the shooting will be investigated by the SAPS who were on scene," he added.

In a different event, a man mentioned to be around 30 years of age was shot dead on Reggie Hadebe Road, France Location close Pietermaritzburg in the Msunduzi area on Friday evening, Herbst said.

“The patient was assessed on scene by an advanced life support paramedic and found to have no signs of life and declared deceased on the scene,” he said, adding that the man had gunshot wounds to his arm and chest.