Drive-by shooting: House shot up in Papakura, firearms incident at gang pad

Name: Focus: The rise of gang tensions and drive-by shootings
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Description: Gang tensions and drive-by shootings: How did it all begin and where to from here? Video / NZ Herald / Brett Phibbs / Hayden Woodward

NZ Herald

13 Aug, 2024 06:02 PM2 mins to read

Gang tensions and drive-by shootings: How did it all begin and where to from here? Video / NZ Herald / Brett Phibbs / Hayden Woodward

Police are continuing to investigate an overnight shooting at a gang pad in Mt Wellington, Auckland.

Detective Senior Sergeant Anthony Darvill said police received a report from somebody who heard gunshots around Marua Rd at 1.20am today.

Officers found several bullet casings on street, near Burt Rd, near a property associated with the Headhunters Motorcycle Gang, Darvill said. Police seized the casings and will include them in their investigation.

Darvill said police also found a stolen car abandoned nearby on Faber Ave. He said police were trying to work out whether it was connected to the shooting.

He asked anyone with information on the incident to report it to police on 105 or anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111. Tipsters should quote file number 240814/6507.

A South Auckland house in Papakura was also shot at overnight, leaving the front windows shattered.

Police are investigating the Valentine St drive-by shooting after they were called about 10pm, a spokesperson said.

No one was injured.

Scene photos show shattered windows in the weatherboard home’s front room, with police guarding the cordoned address.

The front window panes of the weatherboard house were shattered in the shooting. Photo / Hayden Woodward

The police spokesperson said a man was arrested at the home for an “unrelated warrant” but the shooters remained at large.

“Police have spoken with those present, and our inquiries are continuing into what has taken place.”

The spokesperson asked anyone with information to call 105 quoting file number 240814/6518.

Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

It is the latest in a spate of Auckland drive-by shootings. Last month an alleged drug importer’s home in Beach Haven and the Māngere home of an alleged gang boss’s mother were sprayed with bullets. Police have been approached for comment on whether today’s shooting is related.