Johannesburg – Police shot and wounded a man they caught stealing from an electrical appliance store in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, metro police said.

He and three accomplices were robbing an Electric Express outlet on the corner of Fox and Delvers streets around 08:00, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said.

A metro officer caught them red-handed 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 man would be charged with armed robbery at the Johannesburg Central police station.
Police were searching for the other two.

– SAPA