South Auckland shootings unrelated - police

8:03 am on 22 April 2019

Police have confirmed the shooting of a man south of Auckland is not linked to the shooting death of a man in Clover Park the day before.

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Officers were called to a rural property on Wright Road in Waiau Pa yesterday afternoon, where they helped a man with a gunshot wound.

The man was taken to Middlemore Hospital in a critical, but stable, condition.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested after the shooting, and charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Meanwhile, a scene examination was set to take place today at the site of Saturday's fatal shooting on Darnell Crescent in Clover Park.

Police confirmed the two events were unrelated.

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