{"id":18886,"date":"2026-11-12T05:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T16:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18886"},"modified":"2026-11-12T05:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T16:20:48","slug":"police-say-person-who-fired-gun-at-officers-still-at-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=18886","title":{"rendered":"Police say person who fired gun at officers still at large"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police say a person who fired a gun at officers in Napier is still at large.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Eastern District Commander Superintendent Joel Lamb said Police tried to stop a vehicle in the Pirimai Area at about 10pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said someone in the back seat pointed what was presumed to be a firearm at officers pursuing the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Staff have then heard two distinct gunshots as the firearm was discharged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Fortunately, neither of our officers were injured, and the patrol vehicle did not sustain any damage.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said hours later, the vehicle was seen travelling north on the Waikato Expressway towards Auckland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police seized the vehicle at an address in Manurewa, but they had not found the alleged offender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lamb said people who lived at the Manurewa address were engaging with Police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said Eastern District and Counties Manukau Police were making enquiries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Presenting a firearm at a Police officer is a serious escalation that puts our staff and the wider community at risk. This behaviour is entirely unacceptable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We are taking this incident extremely seriously and will be pursuing all lines of enquiry to locate the offender and hold them accountable.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police asked anyone who witnessed the incident to contact Police on 105 or online using the reference number 261111\/3764.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Information could also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n

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Police say a person who fired a gun at officers in Napier is still at large. Eastern District Commander Superintendent Joel Lamb said Police tried to stop a vehicle in the Pirimai Area at about 10pm on Tuesday. He said someone in the back seat pointed what was presumed to be a firearm at officers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18886","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=18886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18888,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18886\/revisions\/18888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}