{"id":11052,"date":"2024-08-19T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2024-08-19T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T21:39:08","slug":"person-dies-in-car-after-gunfire-in-aucklands-pakuranga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=11052","title":{"rendered":"Person dies in car after gunfire in Auckland&#8217;s Pakuranga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A person found wounded in a car after a series of gunshots in Auckland&#8217;s Pakuranga has died, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Armed police swarmed at the intersection of Marvon Downs Avenue and Pixie Place about 6.45am on Monday after reports of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>They found a person injured in a car.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--Cocl4uqg--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1724013544\/4KL7NYY_Maron_down_png?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A person has been found deceased in a vehicle following the sound of gunshots in Marvon Downs Ave, Pakuranga Heights\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Stacey Samuel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The were attended to by medical services, but sadly have died at the scene,&#8221; police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they would have a heavy presence in the area throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>A local school principal said there was a strong police presence in the area as police dealt with an incident.<\/p>\n<p>Elm Park School said there was no immediate danger to the school but the police activity could may disrupt access.<\/p>\n<p>The school had been &#8220;fully assured&#8221; it could stay open, the principal said.<\/p>\n<p>VIA RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person found wounded in a car after a series of gunshots in Auckland&#8217;s Pakuranga has died, police say. Armed police swarmed at the intersection of Marvon Downs Avenue and Pixie Place about 6.45am on Monday after reports of gunfire. They found a person injured in a car. Photo:\u00a0Stacey Samuel &#8220;The were attended to by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11054,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions\/11054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}