By Staff Writer
Pretoria-based DJ and comedian Peter Mashata was shot and killed in a hail of bullets in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It is understood that Mashata was travelling with another occupant when unknown gunmen opened fire on their vehicle.
The surviving occupant was rushed to hospital following the shooting.
Police spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza said, “Tshwane police have opened murder and attempted murder dockets following a shooting incident involving two men aged 46 and 45 during the early hours of Sunday morning.”
Mashata, popularly known as “Msindo”, was near the Soshanguve TUT campus when the shots were fired.
Metro FM DJ Paul Mtirara took to social media to express his heartfelt condolences to the Mashata family.
“I’m gonna plead with all Soul and R&B DJs to please do a massive event for Peter … we will all play for free and donate every cent earned to his family..#Mashata,” he wrote on his X account.
The motive for the shooting is unknown.
Pictured above: DJ Peter “Msindo” Mashata.
Image source: X
