South Auckland fatal shooting leaves neighbour scared to send brother to school [Video]

A neighbour says she was too scared to send her younger brother to school after a fatal shooting in South Auckland. 

Police have begun a homicide investigation after a man presented at a South Auckland medical centre with gunshot injuries on Thursday. 

He was rushed to Middlemore Hospital but later died. 

Police have set up a crime scene at a property on Gambare Pl, Wattle Downs, erecting a blue specialist search group tent and beginning what looked like forensic investigations. 

A neighbour told the Herald today that her husband came home around 3.30pm to police officers “everywhere.” 

“He called us to check if we were alright. 

“It’s first time something like this has happened here,” said the woman who has been living in the area for about five years. 

She said she didn’t know anything about the incident until police knocked on her door looking for more information. 

The housing complex where forensic teams have been deployed has only been built recently and tenanted in the last year. 

“We feel scared.” 

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