Former Gang Leader Rashied Staggie Shot Dead In Cape Town

Riyaz Patel

Former Hard Livings gang leader Rashied Staggie was killed in a hail of bullets in the same road where his twin brother, Rashaad, died two decades ago. 

“Information at the disposal of the police indicates that the deceased was sitting in his vehicle when two unknown suspects emerged, fired several shots at him and fled on foot,” Brigadier Novela Potelwa said. 

In a statement Potelwa said a 58-year-old man had been shot in London Road in Salt River, Cape Town.

Staggie was not named in the statement, but the brigadier said the wounded man had died on his way to a nearby hospital. 

Photographs from the scene showed a silver Toyota Yaris with a least 12 bullet holes. One bullet hole was in the bonnet of the car. Another had hit the passenger side. 

Two hours after the shooting, Staggie’s daughter, Ingrid Carolus, appeared outside his home screaming: “He’s