A teenage girl has gunshot wounds after the vehicle she was in was fired on during a road rage incident near St Lukes.<\/p>\n
The incident started about 9.50pm on Tuesday when two vehicles, a hatchback and minivan, were travelling citybound on the southern motorway.<\/p>\n
The driver of the hatchback took exception to the minivan and began to drive in an aggressive manner, Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend said.<\/p>\n
The vehicles continued onto the north-western motorway, and left at St Lukes Road.<\/p>\n
About 10pm a firearm was discharged toward the rear of the minivan, near the intersection with Asquith Avenue, hitting the teenager sitting in the back.<\/p>\n
She sustained serious injuries as a result.<\/p>\n
The minivan stopped at a petrol station on Sandringham Road where police were notified.<\/p>\n
The teenager was taken to Auckland City Hospital where she was in a stable condition. She was not expected to require surgery, Friend said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Like our community, police are appalled at the reckless violence exhibited towards innocent members of the public in this incident.<\/p>\n
“The community can be assured that police are taking this incident extremely seriously and our investigation team are working to hold those responsible to account.”<\/p>\n
Motorists travelling along the route who witnessed the initial incident are asked to contact police through the 105 phone service quoting the file number 230516\/7840 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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