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Armed police respond to 'serious incident' on Auckland's Quay Street (www.rnz.co.nz)
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[–] Dave 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Quick summary of where things are at:

  • a shooter brought a pump action shotgun to a building site and started shooting at workers
  • two people plus the shooter are dead
  • three people seriously injured, three moderately injured
  • one responding police officer injured
  • does not appear to be politically or ideologically motivated
  • shooter was recently sentenced to home detention on domestic violence charges (thanks @SamC@lemmy.nz).

More from police press conference:

  • weapon not illegal type, but offender didn't have firearms licence. Unclear how he got weapon, not previously known to have weapon
  • was on home detention but had exemption to work at the site
  • indications that motivation was related to the work site
  • isolated, no wider risk, no reason for others to be worried about safety
  • no concerns regarding FIFA event safety