A screenshot from dashcam footage showing the road rage confrontation on Barry Hertzog Avenue in Emmarentia on Sunday.
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Dashcam footage has captured the shocking moments leading to the fatal shooting of Faisal ul Rehman during a road rage incident in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, on Sunday.
The footage, obtained by IOL, offers the clearest picture yet of how a minor collision on Barry Hertzog Avenue turned deadly within minutes.
The 57-second video, time-stamped just after midday, showed two men locked in a physical fight, both gripping each other as onlookers shout and try to break them apart.
"No, no, no, no," a man can be heard shouting frantically in the background.
An individual then appears in the frame, waving desperately, appearing to try to stop something happening off camera.
A second later, a gunshot is heard.
Rehman, 48, enters the frame holding his own firearm and is immediately shot.
The shots continued as he fell to the ground.
The shooter - who is a qualified and experienced firearms instructor - then turned and fired at a woman wearing a niqab, Rehman's wife, Tehseen, striking her in the hand and shoulder.
The man who fired the shots is then seen hovering over Rehman's body as children approach the scene. He steps over Rehman and kicks the firearm away from his hand.
People can be heard screaming in the background.
Rehman's two young children are then seen rushing to their father's side as he lay motionless on the road.
The footage is consistent with the account given by Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, who said the incident began when Tehseen allegedly retrieved a firearm, prompting the other motorist - who was also armed - to open fire.
"It is alleged that a female passenger, suspected to be the wife of one of the drivers, went to get a firearm from the car, and the second driver also pulled out his firearm, resulting in a shooting which claimed the life of the husband, leaving the other driver and the female passenger injured," Nevhuhulwi said.
Separate cellphone footage, filmed from another angle and widely shared online, shows the aftermath.
Rehman's daughter is on the ground beside her father's body, wailing.
A stone's throw away, her little brother is pressing his bloodied hands into his father's chest, performing CPR over and over, trying to bring him back to life.
Their mother, shot and bleeding, sits slumped on the roadside nearby.
A 58-year-old man was arrested at the scene but the National Prosecuting Authority announced on Tuesday that it had decided not to prosecute him, pending further investigation.
"After careful consideration of the evidence of the alleged road rage incident which occurred in Emmarentia, the NPA has decided not to prosecute the matter pending further investigation," NPA spokesperson Magaboke Mohlatole said.
The suspect's legal team had argued that he acted in self-defence.
In his warning statement, the man claimed that Rehman and his wife had verbally abused and physically assaulted him after the collision, and that Tehseen had produced a firearm, discharged it, and handed it to her husband, who also fired in his direction.
Rehman, 48, was a car dealer from Pretoria and a father of two.
His nephew, Muhammad Wasi Haider, told IOL on Tuesday that Rehman was the sole provider for more than 15 households in Pakistan, sending money home every month and supporting orphan children.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at Westpark Cemetery hours later to pray over Rehman's body. His remains are expected to be flown to Pakistan for burial.
Tehseen remains in hospital. Her condition has not been disclosed.
The couple's two children are being cared for by relatives.
The NPA's decision not to prosecute does not mean the suspect has been cleared.
The matter remains under investigation and charges could still be brought.