WATCH: 'It looked like a toy gun, he was so calm about it' - eyewitness describes Mihalik murder

An eyewitness to the murder of prominent advocate Pete Mihalik in Cape Town on Tuesday morning, said the killer walked away from the scene calmly, carrying what "looked like a toy gun". 

An underworld figure close to Mihalik told News24 that "his blood will be picked up by his loyal friends".

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Mihalik was shot and killed as he dropped his son off at Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard school on Tuesday morning. 

His 8-year-old son was transferred to hospital, where he was treated for a bullet graze.  

Police Minister Bheki Cele said the one suspect arrested came from outside the Western Cape.

"The [guy] came from the province I come from. They moved all the way to shoot a person here [Cape Town]."