South Auckland hotel goes into lockdown after gunshot

10:20 pm on 22 May 2024
Police car on the street at night

A gun was fired at a Papatoetoe hotel causing it to be briefly put into lockdown. Photo: 123RF

A South Auckland hotel was briefly put in lockdown on Wednesday after a gun was fired.

The manager of the Allenby Park Hotel in Papatoetoe said guests were safe and no one had been injured.

The hotel has since reopened.

The suspected shooter was not known to anyone at the hotel and fled after the incident, he said.