Update 3: Serious incident – Northland
Update 3: Serious incident – Northland
Please attribute to Detective Inspector Kevin Burke:
An extensive Police search is still underway to locate a man who shot at two unarmed Police officers in Northland early this morning.
A large Police operation involving staff from four districts, Northland, Waitemata, Auckland City and Counties Manukau, is continuing to find the man who is believed to be in possession of a firearm.
We have completed our enquiries in Northland and are now speaking with witnesses there.
This remains a fluid investigation and we are now casting our enquiries into the greater Auckland area.
We are following a positive line of
enquiry in relation to identifying the person responsible,
and are doing everything we can to locate him and resolve
the situation without anyone getting hurt.
The
offender is described as possibly in his late 30s, up to 6ft
tall with brown curly hair.
He was reportedly wearing a
blue t-shirt with white writing and a brown zip up
hoodie.
We are still asking members of the public to
call 111 immediately if they observe any suspicious
behaviour or anybody fitting the description.
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