A man gunned down in his home was dumped at a hospital as carloads of rowdy partygoers - including his partner - fled the house before police arrived.
Heavily armed police were yesterday guarding the abandoned State-owned property in the Auckland suburb of Panmure.
One woman neighbour, who did not want to be identified, said she heard a loud argument between the man and woman who lived at the Coates Crescent home moments before the first two shots rang out.
Up to three more shots were fired as the party broke up with everyone piling into cars, she said. They left before emergency services arrived.