The crime scene on Monday evening in Bonteheuwel.

A local spaza job owner was shot and killed in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats on Monday evening.

The Somalian businessman, affectionately known as Umar, was gunned down just before 8pm.

The provincial police spokesperson, Captain Frederick van Wyk

“On Monday, July 13, at about 8.52pm, Bishop Lavis SAPS members attended to a shooting incident at a shop in Assegaai Street, Bonteheuwel. Upon members' arrival, the body of a 31-year-old male was found inside the shop. The deceased was lying on his back and sustained one gunshot wound to the chest. He was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel,” van Wyk said.