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Police will maintain a heightened presence around South Auckland today after a person was found in a garage with serious injuries following a suspected late-night shooting.
An area outside the garage of a residential address on Marumaru Lane, Manurewa, was cordoned off by police last night after the attack andresidents near the scene were being interviewed by officers later in the day.
“Police received reports a person had received injuries consistent with a gunshot,” Counties Manukau DIB Detective Inspector Shaun Vickers said.
“One person suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital in a stable condition.”
The short cul-de-sac, lined with townhouses, is off Russell Rd, close to Homai Station.
The people who lived in the house had moved in just weeks ago and had young children, a neighbour told the Herald.
Police were interviewing residents of Marumaru Lane after a person sustained serious injuries during a suspected late-night shooting in Manurewa. Photo / Anna Heath
The woman, who asked not to be named, said she saw a “bunch of people” gathered near the garage. Later, while washing the dishes, she heard “a lot of kerfuffle and saw lights, and then I saw that there were lots of police outside”.
Police will maintain a heightened presence around South Auckland after a person was found in a garage with serious injuries following a suspected late-night shooting. Photo / Anna Heath
The woman, who was home alone, said the incident was “quite scary”.
She said she had earlier felt uneasy seeing people “roaming outside”, wondering if they were trying to break into her house, but added: “I’ve had to live here for the last year, so I just brushed it off because it’s never anything.”
Police had since left the scene by this morning, and no guard remained. .
Police arrived at the scene late last night. Photo / Hayden Woodward
“Whoever did the stabbing or whatever [was] already out of here, so I don’t think that there really was much of a threat,” the neighbour said. The street had otherwise been quiet and trouble-free.
She said residents were from “all different cultures” and usually got along well, and that the occupants of a nearby house with gang affiliations had recently moved out.
People were "roaming around" a garage on Marumaru Lane before a car arrived and a person was stabbed, a neighbour says. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Hato Hone St John confirmed that an ambulance and an operations manager were called to Marumaru Lane at 8.42pm, and that one person was taken to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition.
“A police presence will remain in the area while enquiries are ongoing,” Vickers said.
“Anyone with any information is asked to please contact police via 105, either over the phone or online, and use the file number 260218/3314.”
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