A taxi driver has landed himself in more trouble than he anticipated after he was found out to have murdered his passenger.
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A 35-year-old South African taxi driver was arrested by the police.
The man was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed a passenger on Tuesday afternoon.
The driver and his passenger were just having an argument in Joburg’s CBD when he shot and killed him.
The man handed himself over to the police today, said police spokesman Xoli Mbele.
Mbele said the taxi driver allegedly shot the passenger once in the upper body with a licensed firearm and then ran away.
The victim was declared dead on the scene. He said preliminary investigations led officers to the owner of the vehicle who assisted them with information about the driver.
A firearm was recovered from the suspect, he said.
The man was expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court tomorrow.