on the morning of friday, 13 december 2019, rashied staggie was sitting in a friend's toyota corolla sedan outside his home in the area of salt river, cape town when two assailants approached the vehicle and shot at him numerous times. he was confirmed dead on arrival at the nearby groote schuur hospital. staggie was 58 years old. according to an unnamed officer at the scene, the car was "riddled with bullets", but the driver of the car escaped unharmed after fleeing for safety. staggie's daughter, ingrid carolus, came out of their house two hours after the shooting, screaming: "he's dead, he's dead!" the shooting occurred after another hard livings leader, ballie tips, was shot and killed in mitchells plain the previous night. staggie was killed in the same street, london road, where his twin brother and fellow gangster, rashaad staggie was shot and burned alive by people against gangsterism and drugs (pagad) members in 1996. no one has been arrested yet.