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Port Elizabeth police are investigating the murder of a man in Helenvale early on Friday morning.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said that 31-year-old Jayden Pillay was standing on the balcony of a house in Chamois Street when he was shot just before 6 am.
She said Pillay, who was a taxi driver, was fatally wounded in the head when a shot was fired from below.
The motive for the shooting is not known and the suspect is also unknown at this stage.
"The incident is not gang-related and SAPS Gelvandale is investigating a case of murder," Naidu said.
