A man was shot dead during a break in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela around 2am on Thursday.

The incident took place at Mazithulela’s Crichton Road resident in the Groom bridge area of Mount Pleasant.

Mazithulela was not harmed in the incident.

Neighbors told Zimlive that they work up to sounds of gunfire leading to a lot of police and security guards from various departments in the area.