Police seek man who was with Dunedin activist Jack Brazil when he was shot

Jack Brazil. Photo / Otago Daily Times

Dunedin police are seeking to identify a man who was in the car with Jack Brazil when the prominent Dunedin activist was shot.

Officers were called to an address on Moray Place at 3.10am on April 16, where Brazil — a well-known social and environmental campaigner — was located with a gunshot wound.

Police inquiries had established Brazil was shot in the early hours of the morning on Littlebourne Rd, according to a statement released this afternoon.

At the time of the shooting, Brazil had been in a vehicle with another man, whom police wanted to speak to.

The man’s vehicle had been located, police said in a statement.

Police were continuing to investigate whether or not Brazil was the intended target of the shooting, the statement said.

Detective Senior Sergeant Nik Leigh said officers wanted to hear from anyone who had information which could assist police inquiries.

“We urge the man who was in the vehicle with the victim to come forward and speak to police,” Leigh said.

He believed there would be people in the community who knew what happened that night and why.