Johannesburg – Police shot and injured a man they caught stealing from a furniture shop in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, metro police said.

He and three accomplices were robbing a Joshua Doore furniture shop on the corner of Fox and Delvers streets at around 08:00, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.

A JMPD officer caught them red-handed as they were loading TVs and radios onto a van.

“One was shot in the leg during the scuffle as they were trying to flee,” he said.

He and another man were arrested. The other two ran away.

The arrested men would be charged with armed robbery at the Johannesburg Central police station.

Police were searching for the other two.

– SAPA