Wairoa deserves better : Town over it as police arm up after gang shootings
26 Jan, 2021 11:26 PM
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The picturesque Wairoa on an awesome day, without the shootings. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
Shootings in Wairoa have prompted an urgent telephone conference between police, community and agency leaders in Wairoa in a bid to find answers to decades-long, often-armed gang-based conflict in the area.
But, revealing the meeting took place late yesterday, Gisborne-based police Tairawhiti (Gisborne, East Coast and Wairoa) area manager Inspector Sam Aberahama said there are incidents and details police are not being told about.
He said it s all about red and blue – sometimes within a family and sometimes intra gangs rather than between gangs.
A 19-year-old man was charged with possession of an offensive weapon after shots were fired at a vehicle on Monday. Two other men, aged 19 and 23, were charged with unlawful assembly and assault in relation to another firearms incident. All three men appeared in Gisborne District Court on Tuesday. Meanwhile, police are investigating how a man who arrived at Wairoa Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg was injured. Aberahama said police had been alerted to other instances where firearms were pointed at people or vehicles, but had not been discharged. He acknowledged that firearms incidents could put people on edge, however, police believed the incidents involved “specific groups of people targeting each other”.
Wairoa police carrying guns after firearm incidents
26 Jan, 2021 04:15 AM
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Wairoa police are temporarily carrying guns after a shooting and several firearm incidents in the town.
Wairoa police are temporarily carrying guns after a shooting and several firearm incidents in the town.
Hawkes Bay Today
Wairoa police are temporarily carrying guns after a shooting and several firearm incidents in the town.
Police have charged a man after shots were fired at a vehicle in Lucknow St, Wairoa, and are also investigating how a man arrived at Wairoa Hospital with a suspicious gunshot wound.
Tairawhiti Area Commander Inspector Sam Aberahama said a 19-year-old man had been charged with possession of an offensive weapon after shots were fired at a vehicle in Lucknow Street yesterday.
Press Release – New Zealand Police Attributed to Tairawhiti Area Commander Inspector Sam Aberahama. Tairawhiti Police are investigating, and several people have been charged, following firearms incidents in Wairoa. An incident yesterday on Lucknow Street, Wairoa, involved shots being …
Attributed to Tairawhiti Area Commander Inspector Sam Aberahama.
Tairawhiti Police are investigating, and several people have been charged, following firearms incidents in Wairoa.
An incident yesterday on Lucknow Street, Wairoa, involved shots being fired at a vehicle.
No one was injured in this incident.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon and appeared in Gisborne District Court today.
Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
In the first incident, a car was shot at on Lucknow Street yesterday but no-one was injured.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon and appeared in Gisborne District Court today.
Another two men, aged 19 and 23, were charged with unlawful assembly and assault in relation to another matter and appeared in court today.
In another incident, a man arrived at Wairoa Hospital last night with a gunshot wound to his leg. Police say they are working to understand how he was injured.
Police have also heard of several occasions where guns have been pointed at people or vehicles.