A lawyer is one of the five people who were shot at the Booysens magistrates court on Tuesday afternoon.
Sowetan understands that the lawyer, who was busy with a 2025 murder case at the court, was shot in the back.
Gauteng police spokesperson Brig Brenda Muridili said the five people were shot at the main entrance of the court. Two of the victims were declared dead on the scene, and three were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, she said.
