Taxi driver found dead in Victory Valley drain with 14 gunshot wounds — Police

Police have launched an investigation into the death of Ron Clarke, a 30-year-old taxi driver whose body was discovered in Victory Valley, Wismar Linden, on the evening of Thursday.

Clarke, who lived at William Street, Kitty, and also at Lot 76 Wisroc Housing Scheme, was found lying motionless in a drain at around 19:15 hrs. According to a 19-year-old construction worker, he was walking along a street in Victory Valley when he came upon Clarke’s body and immediately raised an alarm.

The injured man was quickly pulled from the drain and placed into a passing vehicle which took him to the Linden Hospital Complex. However, doctors there pronounced him dead there.

A preliminary examination of Clarke’s body revealed multiple gunshot wounds: five to his right arm, two to the groin, one to the right hip and six to his right thigh. Police also recovered a warhead in Clarke’s underwear.

Crime scene investigators processing the area noted that the street where the incident occurred runs east to west and is lined with small snack bars and shops on either side — all of which were closed at the time of the shooting.

During the search, investigators found a pair of black and white Adidas slippers stained with blood on the southern side of the street. They also recovered ten spent 9mm shells nearby. Both the spent shells and the slipper were secured and sealed in an evidence bag to be sent to the laboratory for further analysis.

Clarke’s body has since been taken to the Jetsco Funeral Home where it awaits a post-mortem examination. Police have already questioned several people in the area as they work to piece together what led to the deadly shooting.

Investigations are continuing.