Timaru motel shooting: Two shot, man with gunshot wound dropped at petrol station

Police are investigating after two people were shot at a motel in Timaru overnight.

A man was dropped off just before 2am at a petrol station in the South Canterbury town with a gunshot wound, police said.

A woman was admitted to hospital “with similar injuries around the same time believed to be from the same incident”.

A vehicle has been seized, police say, and will be examined.

A scene examination is underway at a motel on Evans St “where the incident is understood to have taken place”, police say.

“Police are working to understand what has happened and engage with those involved,” a police statement says.

“If anyone has information relating to this incident, please call Police on 105 and quote 231222/9424.”

It comes after a man was fatally stabbed in Christchurch in the early hours of this morning, sparking a homicide probe.