Umuroa St in Mamaku where neighbours were woken to the sounds of gun shots. "We both heard the gunshots, sounded like automatic, rapid, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang." Initial reports were made about shots heard about 4.30am on Friday on Umuroa St in Mamaku off State Highway 5, a police spokeswoman said. “I heard a volley of shots ... all in quick succession, thought it sounded like a shot gun," one man said. Another woman said she heard anywhere between five and eight shots and then a pause, with a couple more shots following.

Source: Stuff May 28, 2020 19:19 UTC