A Harare man was yesterday afternoon battling for life
after shooting himself over a girlfriend, who had ditched him.
Joyful Junior Chimanga, 27, believed to be a car dealer
shot himself under the chin after his first two shots missed his lover Loraite
Magombedze, 22, at Newlands Shopping Centre yesterday.
Chimanga visited Loraite’s workplace, a hair salon. She had
called him early in the morning, telling him she had decided to end their
relationship.
Chimanga reportedly told his friend that he wanted to take
his Mercedes Benz for washing and drove to Newlands where he took Loraite
before driving along Connaught Avenue where the incident took place.
Police recovered a Noringo Pistol and three used cartridges
at the scene. Chimanga was reported to have run after Loraite and fired two
shots that missed her before turning the gun on himself.
An witness, who was first to get to an injured Chimanga,
told H-Metro that the jilted lover asked him to lock his vehicle since there
was a lot of money inside.
“I heard two gun shots and the screaming of the lady and,
out of fear, I closed the gate. I later opened the gate and saw Chimanga
battling for his life and got to the scene,” he said.
He added that, on being told that there was money in the
car, he feared Chimanga might have been involved in an armed robbery attempt,
which would implicate him if he got to the car.
Loraite, who was still in shock, disclosed that Chimanga
pointed a gun at her during an altercation forcing her to open the door and
flee.
She claimed that problems started last Saturday when she
went to his home where he locked her inside, forcing her to spend the night
with him there.
“I have been in love with Chimanga since April last year
and I lost affection with him on Saturday when I slept at his house in St
Martins.
“He locked the doors for me and I slept there. My parents
were angry with me and ordered me to return to his house since he is known.
“I had lost affection in him and decided to go and stay
with my friends. That is why I phoned him this morning (yesterday)
ndichimuramba saka haanakufara nazvo.
“We had an altercation in the car and he pointed a gun at
me and I forced the door open and ran away.
“Ndamhanya ndikapunzika ndikamuka ndikamhanya ndikanzwa
pfuti kurira saka handisati ndanyatsodzikama izvezvi,” said Loraite.
Amid the chaos, there were claims that Loraite’s brother is
the one who ordered her to return to Chimanga after learning that she had slept
over at his house.
He arrived at the scene where some of Loraite’s friends
shouted at him for causing yesterday’s mishap. H mETRO
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