Man killed outside Lenasia Magistrates Court identified as Ashwin Mouwers
Mouwers, from Eldorado Park, was expected to testify alongside another witness in connection with a murder committed in Eldorado Park in 2021.
Ashwin Mouwers was shot and killed outside the Lenasia Magistrates Court on 21 January 2025, where he was supposed to testify in murder case. Picture: Supplied to EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The murder case witness, who was killed outside the Lenasia Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning has been identified as Ashwin Mouwers.
Mouwers, from Eldorado Park, was expected to testify alongside another witness in connection with a murder committed in Eldorado Park in 2021.
The trial was expected to commence on Tuesday morning.
JUST IN| A man has been shot and killed outside the Lenasia magistrate's court, south of Joburg. He was allegedly a witness in a case being heard before court this morning. Police have cordoned off the scene. The deceased was shot four times.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) January 21, 2025
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The victim of this morning's shooting outside #Lenasia magistrate's court has been identified as #AshwinMouwers.
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) January 21, 2025
Mouwers was smoking outside court, alongside another witness - related to a 2021 #EldoradoPark murder - when two suspects approached and started shooting at them. pic.twitter.com/u1dGW8hJLG
According to preliminary reports, Ashwin Mouwers and another witness were smoking outside the Lenasia Magistrates Court when two suspects suddenly appeared and began firing shots at the pair.
Mouwers tried to evade the gunfire but slipped and fell.
The two suspects then approached Mouwers and shot him several times at point-blank range, before fleeing the scene.
Mouwers and the other witness, who escaped unharmed, were expected to testify in a 2021 Eldorado Park murder case that was set down for trial on Tuesday.
EWN understands that as part of the investigation into Mouwers’ murder, police are looking at the accused who Mouwers was set to testify against.
It is understood that the accused’s cell phone was seized after the shooting for investigation purposes.