OBSERVATORY Improvement District security guard Henry Moyeni, 37, was in the sixth hour of his shift when he passed two young men in Trill Road who greeted him cheerfully. Little did he know that in less than five minutes he would be ducking for his life in a wild chase after them.
After passing the men, Henry entered James Road where a man rushed hysterically towards him shouting that his shop, the Mini Market in Station Road, had just been armed robbed.
Henry realised that men he had just passed may be the robbers, and gave chase down Lower Main Road.
He caught up with them at Sussex Road, where Henry, just three metres away from the robbers, ducked for his life when one of them pulled out a gun and fired it.
The robbers turned up Norfolk Road in the direction of KFC, and Henry followed cautiously.
He radioed Ivor Manuel, the senior patroller on duty, to assist him from the patrol vehicle. Ivor radioed the Mowbray police who were in the area at the time.
Henry was able to monitor the movements of the robbers and kept the others informed via radio.
The police and patrollers met up at McDonalds and preceded to chase the robbers towards the Groote Schuur graveyard.
The armed robber got stuck when he tried to scale the graveyard fence, and dropped the gun in the process.
He was arrested and handed over to the Woodstock police, who found that he was a former SANDF soldier.
The gun, 45 mm Griffin, belongs to the State. It contained seven bullets, five solid and two hollow.
The second robber disappeared.
The patrollers found the robbers’ bag containing four black gloves, balaclavas, a few airtime vouchers and two rain suits with hoodies which the police says could be linked to a recent mugging.
They had stolen R 1 000 from the till and R200's worth of airtime vouchers.
Henry told ObsLife that he was very scared when the shots were fired, but continued nonetheless.
Charl Brooks, the manager of the Observatory Public Safety guards, praised the unarmed guard for going beyond the call of duty and said they would receive a reward.
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