Alleged Cape Town gang boss Jerome “Donkie” Booysen was “doing well” on Tuesday after he was reportedly shot in the neck in Ravensmead on Monday night.
A source close to Booysen‚ the leader of the Sexy Boys‚ said he was doing well in hospital and that he would “totally recover”.
“He is grateful to be alive because he was shot two times. He's talking and his family are all extremely relieved‚” said the source.
Police have opened an attempted murder case and said a 52-year-old man was fatally wounded and three others injured in a related incident in 47th Street‚ Connaught Estate‚ Ravensmead.
- Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen critical after shootingThe head of Cape Town gang 'Sexy Boys'‚ Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen‚ is in a critical condition after being shot on Monday in an ongoing underworld turf war‚ reports said.
“Circumstances surrounding a shooting incident last night at about 7.15pm in 40th Street‚ Eureka Estate‚ Ravensmead‚ where a 52 year old man was injured‚ are under investigation‚” said Western Cape police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk.
Cape Town residents have pleaded with new police minister Fikile Mbalula to intervene in an apparent gang war that left three people dead in Elsies River last week and 11 wounded on Monday last week.
- Sexy Boy spends bigThe reputed leader of the Sexy Boys and other gangsters watched yesterday as exotic cars previously owned by Cape Town businessman Mark Lifman were sold at a SARS auction.
A turf war over control of the night club security industry is said to have been the reason for a spate of recent shootings in night clubs‚ including an incident where two people were shot at the upmarket Camps Bay beach club Cafe Caprice on April 17.
TimesLIVE reported on Monday that the conflict is the result of another man‚ Nafiz Modack‚ taking over security at certain clubs from the so-called “old boys” who had been running security in clubs for years.
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