Police arrested the man with the help of the Armed Offenders Squad. Photo: Cole Eastham-Farrelly/RNZ
A 21-year-old man charged with attempted murder and unlawful possession of a firearm is due to appear in court today after a shooting in Palmerston North in mid December.
Detective Sergeant Joe Salisbury said police were called to an address in Tremaine Avenue on the evening of 13 December, to a report that a woman had been shot by someone she knew.
She was taken to hospital with critical injuries, and had since been discharged.
Police arrested the man at a campground in Kimbolton with the help of the Armed Offenders Squad.
Another man, aged 23, was arrested at the same location on unrelated firearms charges.
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