Police investigating the shooting of a road worker near Tokoroa yesterday say no one heard gun shots.
Detective Inspector Tim Anderson told a press conference in Taupo today a logging truck driver saw Hamilton man George Charles Taiaroa, 67, fall to the ground but did not hear any shots fired.
The Hamilton man was operating a stop-go sign about 3.20pm yesterday on Tram Rd in the Kinleith Forest area which bridges the Waikato River.
He had stopped a vehicle to allow a logging truck from Rotorua firm Rotorua Forest Haulage to cross a bridge.
As the driver passed Mr Taiaroa after crossing the bridge, he saw the road worker fall to the ground with gunshot wounds.
The other stop-go operator was about 200m from where Mr Taiaroa collapsed.