Dominique Davis, grandson of notorious self-confessed East London Mandrax drug lord Livingstone Napoleon, was gunned down in the early hours of Sunday outside a pub in Vincent.
Dominique was the son of Gibraltar “Bolte” Davis who was shot dead execution-style while driving in Parkside in May 2021.
The owner of the establishment said the pub had already closed when the shooting happened in the parking area.
“We closed around 1.55am, but we were waiting for some of the customers to leave the vicinity.
“Our establishment does not allow any firearms inside. We have four bouncers who thoroughly search people who enter the establishment.”
He said he called the police after he heard the gunshots.
“There was a lot of commotion because there were a number of people leaving the pub, and they were in their vehicles.
“I cannot recall how many gunshots it was. I am now waiting for the police to get the CCTV footage, as they requested it,” he said.
When the Dispatch visited the pub on Sunday morning, the scene had already been cleared, but there was a blood-stained paper towel left in the parking lot.
The pub was closed for business.
The motive behind the shooting is not yet known, but provincial police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli confirmed they were investigating case of murder.
“On Sunday at about 2.45am, police were summoned to a complaint of shooting in Frere Street, Vincent.
“On the police’s arrival, the victim had already been rushed to the nearest hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.”
Nkohli said the victim was a 24-year-old man whose identity was being withheld until a formal identification process was concluded.
“At this stage, the details about the incident are sketchy,” Nkohli said.
Police are urging anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect or suspects to contact the investigating officer, Colonel Siyabonga Sidinile, on 082-441-9138.
Later on Sunday morning, close family and friends posted messages on social media expressing their condolences to Davis’s family.
The family refused to comment on the matter when approached by the Dispatch.
The Dispatch previously reported on the gunning down of Gibraltar Davis, 41, who had been shot multiple times while driving along Parkridge Road.
In November 2021, Dominique posted a message on Facebook, offering a R100,000 reward to anyone with credible information about his father’s killing, saying they had lost faith in the police.
“We are looking for real information as we are working with very high-profile people to build our own case to get these perpetrators behind bars so that justice can be served,” he said at the time.
“We are very serious about getting to the bottom of the matter ... police are not co-operating with us, so we are taking this matter into our own hands.”
Dominique’s family has had several run-ins with the law.
In July 2015, police, armed with warrants and acting on “reliable information of a large drug operation”, raided the homes of Napoleon and his wife, Ingrid, as well as properties belonging to two of their sons, Gladwin Napoleon and Davis.
Police recovered R2.9m in the raid on Davis’s Buffalo Flats home.
It was found in a security company bag and three boxes in two vehicles belonging to him, the Dispatch reported.
In October 2020, the National Prosecuting Authority agreed to pay back the R2.9m seized in the raid.
During the 2015 covert operation raids, R4.3m was found across three Napoleon properties, while papers from the high court in Makhanda said a number of R10,000 packets were found, as well as a money counting machine.
Daily Dispatch
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