WEEK ENDING
2008-01-12

19 NEW DEFENCE REPORTS SINCE 2007-10-16

Unhappy customer pulls out gun.php
Shopkeeper killer in court .php
Robber shot, wounded.php
Robber killed at Cresta centre.php
Resident shoots intruder.php
Plot owner kills armed robber.php
Neighbour fights off robbers.php
Midrand man kills hijacker.php
Warning shots fired and muggers vanish.php
Shop owner shoots alleged thief.php
Man, 77, allegedly guns down intruder.php
Ice cream shop robber killed .php
I feel angry and unsafe.php
I didnt stop shooting - wife.php
Hijacker shot dead on victim.php
Hijack victim shoots attacker.php
Crime victims say SA is home.php
Couple attacked 2x in 4 days.php
Homeowner kills two robbers.php
Cops wont book thief
Farmworkers catch robbers
He looked like a cowboy'
Pensioner shot in her driveway
Plot owner kills armed robber
Robber shot in the head
Alleged robber killed in Midrand
Durban Samaritan scares off robbers
Jhb homeowner kills robber
Man puts his life on the line to catch gunman
Murder 'could've been revenge'
Pta cafe owner kills robber
Robber killed in Jhb restaurant
Samaritan scares off robbers
Thanks for killing him - widow
Would-be-robber shot in Western Cape
Dad in court
Durban vagrant shot, injured
Homeowner kills two robbers
Joburg man kills robber
Man held for lodge hit
Man killed after attacking cop
Man shot in buttocks in robbery
Nine guards injured in heist-bystander opens fire on robbers
Not a good day for hijackers
Robber shot dead
Robber-cop shot dead
Twitchy guard kills hijacker
Shopkeeper kills armed robber
Farmer kills two robbers
Dad shoots son to protect wife
Taking a life 'touches you'
Boy hero saves the day
'Not a crime to rob whites'
4x4 flattens hospital robber

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Five-year-old boy shot after mom witnesses robbery

A five-year-old boy was shot and killed after his family witnessed a robbery

July 21, 2007, 17:45

A five-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Western Cape last night after his family witnessed a robbery. The family is still in shock.

At about 7pm last night the family stopped at a filling station to wait for other family members to meet them. They were travelling from their home town in Oudtshoorn to Eerste Rivier for a funeral. While waiting in the car park, Samantha Meiring noticed an elderly couple behind them being robbed at gunpoint.

The gunmen noticed her witnessing the robbery and tried shooting her, but instead her son Dylan (5) was hit in the face and died before reaching the hospital.

Meiring says they tried to get assistance along the road but nobody would stop or come to their aid. As some small consolation, the family met with the man that was robbed last night. He sympathised with the family saying that the bullet that killed their son was meant for him.