Parked car peppered with bullets

Police at the scene of a drive-by shooting in Hastings on Monday night. Photo / Paul Taylor

Police are hunting for the culprits in a drive-by shooting which left a car peppered with bullets in Hastings on Monday night.

In a separate incident, shots were also fired into a Bridge Pa property yesterday, by people who later fled in a car.

Detective Senior Sergeant Martin James said a family in Williams St called police about 11.45pm on Monday night, after hearing at least two gunshots being fired at their vehicle.

The car, which was parked on the street outside their house, received "extensive damage," but no one was injured in the incident.

Police investigators spent the day yesterday speaking with witnesses in an effort to piece together the motive behind the shooting and identify possible suspects.

Mr James assured local residents they could expect a "high police presence" in the area until the matter was resolved.

In a separate incident yesterday, a rural Bridge Pa resident who did not want to be named said gunshots were fired into her property about 4pm before the perpetrators sped away in a car.

"It was probably silly young bucks shooting at rabbits. I was working in my office when I heard two shots in quick succession, it sounded like a semi automatic .22 [rifle]. I ran outside and they glided away in their car."

The resident said she did not find any damage to her property, nor any dead bodies of rabbits or other animals.

Senior Sergeant Clint Adamson of the Eastern District Command Centre said police had not yet found the suspects in the Bridge Pa incident, who were believed to have been driving a red hatchback.

-To report information on either of these incidents, or any suspicious activity, phone Hastings Police on 06 873 0500 or the CrimeStoppers line anonymously on 0800 555 111.