A 51-year-old New Plymouth man walked into a police station yesterday and said he had shot a woman dead.
Police and ambulance staff went to the Manu Crescent address and found a dead woman, Wendy June Heaysman, aged 56, in a bedroom.
Police said a .22 rifle had been found in the house and a 51-year-old man had been charged with murder.
They would not say if the arrested man was the dead woman's partner but confirmed that the woman had been shot.
Man tells police: I shot woman
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