NZPolice: Nelson Homicide Update
Location: Bradford Park Nelson
District: Tasman
4
people are in custody on a variety of charges and will
appear in the Nelson District Court tomorrow
morning.
A 5th person is sought, along with 2 vehicles
that were used by the alleged offenders to leave the scene
at Branford Park. Police know his identity and hoped that
he would make contact with them soon.
ESR staff are
due to arrive in Nelson this morning, and the main focus
today will be on an examination of the scene and the
exhibits that remain there. It is hoped to extract the body
later today for forensic post-mortem.
Police were
initially called around 6pm yesterday after reports of up to
12 people fighting. This was followed shortly thereafter by
a report of a firearm being discharged and that a person
was dead.
Detective Inspector Winter said that police
were keen to speak to witnesses who were either at Branford
Park and had not yet been spoken to, or who had relevant
information to pass on.
Mr Winter said that police
were now aware of the background to the confrontation,
which involved a woman who was known to both groups. Police
understood there had been a level of tension over the past
few months that was escalating in
intensity.
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