Man shoots himself at nightclub in Cape Town CBD – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

The apparent suicide of a man who shot himself during an altercation with his girlfriend outside a Cape Town nightclub on Sunday has left employees in a state of shock.

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The incident occurred outside Club Coco on Loop Street.

Speaking to IOL, a witness who asked not to be named said the shooter was forced to leave the building after he insisted on taking back his gun from the staff members.

‘When he came to the establishment he had a gun,’ said the club employee. ‘He told us about it and we asked him to take the magazine out and all the ammunition he had, then we kept it in the safe.’

The employee said that he heard that the 24-year-old was fighting to get his gun back a while later.

‘At the time he had just had a heated argument with his girlfriend and I wasn’t aware. I called him to the side and told him to stop fighting and just go home and have an argument when he is sober enough.’

‘He then turned on me and insisted on getting his gun. I tried to make him understand that whatever he wanted to do was not worth it and that they should go home and resolve their problems.’

‘I left him, and one of the bouncers forced him to go outside.’

The shocked man told the Cape Argus that the club patron was given the gun.

‘We ended up giving him the gun and no ammunition because we were scared of what he might do.’

‘He went outside again with the bouncer and his…