Crime scene investigators have cordoned off a section in Green Point where a top advocate was assassinated while dropping his son off at Reddam private school on Tuesday morning.
Pete Mihalik, who is well known for representing underworld criminal figures, was shot dead shortly before 8 am. His eight-year-old son was injured in the shooting and rushed to a hospital.
Neighbours and shocked parents milled around in Thornhill Road where Mihalik's dark grey Mercedes could be seen with a bullet hole through the passenger window, despite anti-hijacking film.
One man, who asked to remain anonymous, said he had heard two gunshots.
In a police statement, Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said detectives from the anti-gang unit and SAPS crime scene experts were combing the scene for clues.
Rwexana said the 50-year-old Mihalik was shot in the head.
The suspect was seen "fleeing the scene in a metallic grey VW Polo".
A parent, who did not want to be identified, said he drove down Calvalcade Road to drop off his daughter, a few minutes after the shooting but thought there had been an accident.
The school was placed on lockdown and no parents were allowed past the police cordons.
- African News Agency (ANA)
