{"id":143766,"date":"2025-11-19T23:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/143766\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T23:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:19:08","slug":"police-launch-homicide-enquiry-after-mans-death-in-waikanae-kapiti-coast-neighbour-hears-gunshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/143766\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch homicide enquiry after man\u2019s death in Waikanae, K\u0101piti Coast; neighbour hears \u2018gunshots\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Two vehicles left the area, with one being stopped by police a short time later and a male arrested, Woods said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe second vehicle has also been located and the male driver also arrested. Charges are being considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">A guard remained at the scene, and enquiries were continuing to identify and find others involved in the incident, Woods said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cResidents can expect to see a police presence in the area while these enquiries are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">The Wellington Free Ambulance were called to the incident yesterday referred further comment to police. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018The screaming got louder\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">A neighbour told RNZ this morning they were outside yesterday when they heard raised voices and what sounded like gunshots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThen the screaming got louder and there was a second shot, I think\u201d, the neighbour said, adding they then heard cars \u201ctaking off down the street\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/police\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/police\/\">police<\/a> officers arrived. The street was closed for several hours before reopening to residents only, the neighbour told RNZ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Police were still at a house in the street this morning and a cordon was also in place, the neighbour said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">Meanwhile, a daycare worker told Stuff they spent time in lockdown yesterday afternoon and they had heard a person was walking around with a gun after the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wzdDHKkU\" style=\"display:none\">This morning, a staff member at BestStart Waikanae at the intersection of Kakariki Grove and Winara Ave confirmed the daycare centre was open, but wouldn\u2019t comment further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two vehicles left the area, with one being stopped by police a short time later and a male&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,682,11586,634,96994,96995,1350,8916,78,60832,3331,16122,6377,111,43,139,69,675,6046,5659,23505,60831],"class_list":["post-143766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-being","tag-coast","tag-death","tag-enquiry","tag-gunshots","tag-hears","tag-homicide","tag-in","tag-kpiti","tag-launch","tag-mans","tag-neighbour","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-police","tag-potential","tag-say","tag-treated","tag-waikanae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}