Errol, Elon Musk’s scandal-ridden father, has told how he killed three Clint Eastwood-style armed invaders in South Africa, while his young daughter clung to his leg.
In an exclusive interview, the 76-year-old first gave full gory details of the 1998 gunfight.
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Last week, Elon Musk, who has a troubled relationship with his father, revealed on Twitter that he and his brother, Kimbal, have taken care of errol financial aid since the 1990s “provided he didn’t do bad things.”
“Unfortunately, he did bad things,” said the 51-year-old Tesla and SpaceX tycoon.
Speaking of the burglary massacre, errol first revealed details of the incident, including that he was with his daughter Ali, then six, at a rental property he owned in Johannesburg.
The unfurnished, empty house in Sandton’s posh financial district was painted before new tenants came in, and Errol had gone to check it.
When she arrived around 5pm local time, Ali said she wanted to take a bath in the master bedroom en suite.
While Errol was looking for a towel for her, he said he was confronted by a gang of seven men in the lounge area.
He claims the burglars opened fire on him when he saw him, but he miraculously survived the hail of bullets.
He ran back to the master bedroom and reportedly picked up his .357 Magnum, which he had left on a top shelf where Ali couldn’t reach.
Errol, who recently made headlines worldwide after The US Sun revealed his claim that he was having a second unplanned child with his 35-year-old stepdaughter, explained: “As soon as they saw me, they started shooting at me.”
“They opened up on me. I killed three of them. A bullet went through two of them.
“I got the first man out by the head. The police found him with the crown of his head.
“I was using hollow point ammunition, so the bullet broke out and the shrapnel hit the man behind him in the chest.
“They ran as soon as I fired my first shot.”
They ran as soon as I fired my first shot.
Errol Musk
Only one of the intruders stayed behind and crept down the hallway while the others fled.
Errol says he saw him and fired his second shot.
He said: “We both shot at the same time. I hit him in the groin and I thought he hit me. I looked down to see where I was being shot.”
The former engineer says he was behind a partially open fold-out vinyl door that saved his life.
Later, a 9mm round was found embedded in the frame’s inch-wide aluminum upright.
“The bullet hit the center; otherwise it would have hit me right in the chest,” Errol revealed.
The Tesla tycoon’s father says the marksmanship skills he displayed that day had previously led him to win the South African National Defense Force’s shooting championships.
Asked if he is something Clint Eastwoodhe replied, “Well, you can say that. Yes, why not?”
CLINT COMPARISON
Errol said that at the sound of gunfire, Ali, now 29, ran over to him and stood up naked and shivering.
He said, “She was next to me all the time. She clung to me like a monkey, but kept quiet the whole time. She didn’t yell or cry.”
Errol says his daughter later told a trauma psychologist that she felt good about the shooting “because my father won.”
He attributes it to her “breeding” of her mother, Heide Bezuidenhout – whose daughter from a previous relationship, Jana, he claimed to have fathered two children of his own.
He explained, “African girls have a lot more guts than English South Africans.”
‘MY DADDY WON’
While waiting for the police to arrive, Errol called his medical specialist brother and told him he had shot someone in the groin.
He asked his brother what he thought would happen.
Errol recalled, “He said, ‘He’ll be dead in 15 minutes.’ So I said, ‘OK.'”
Police arrived an hour and a half later and searched the property and found the third victim who had managed to flee the house after being injured.
Officers collected 52 shells from 9mm pistols and estimated that at least six pistols were fired at Errol.
Errol says the firefight caused him to lose hearing on his right side, but it was “a cheap price to pay”.
He previously revealed that he was charged with manslaughter over the incident, but was acquitted on the grounds that he acted in self-defense.
Speaking of his father in the past, Elon called him a “terrible human being,” adding, “He’s done almost every evil you can think of.”
The gunfight story is just the latest revelation about Errol’s crazy life made by The US Sun in recent months.
Aside from his claim that he has fathered a second child with his stepdaughter, Jana, The US Sun previously reported that he says he has been asked to donate his sperm to impregnate high-class women in Colombia.
The US Sun also reported Errol’s claim that his son, Elon, told him he was “very busy” after announcing his first child with Jana in 2018 and how he believes Elon would be a good president despite being naive.