{"id":235974,"date":"2026-01-16T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235974\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:19:10","slug":"police-believe-onehunga-shooting-that-left-one-critically-injured-was-a-targeted-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235974\/","title":{"rendered":"Police believe Onehunga shooting that left one critically injured was a targeted attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUPHEX_Image_2_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" alt=\"Police at the scene of a shooting in Onehunga, Auckland, in January 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPolice at the scene of a shooting in Onehunga<br \/>\nPhoto: Kim Baker Wilson \/ RNZ\n<\/p>\n<p>Police investigating a shooting that&#8217;s left a person critically injured believe it was a targeted attack.<\/p>\n<p>They are now appealing for information or any security camera footage from Arthur Street in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting victim was transported to Auckland Hospital by St John and is still in a critical condition<\/p>\n<p>Police say residents can expect to see more officers in the area, but there is no risk to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know more? Get in touch at: iwitness@rnz.co.nz<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUPHEX_Image_1_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" alt=\"Police at the scene of a shooting in Onehunga, Auckland, in January 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nAn investigation is underway after the shooting at Onehunga.<br \/>\nPhoto: Kim Baker Wilson \/ RNZ\n<\/p>\n<p>Police said they received reports a person had received injuries consistent with a gunshot wound at a property shortly after 11am.<\/p>\n<p>A woman who lived near the dairy said its owners were due to go to Dubai on Saturday for their son&#8217;s wedding. They were a lovely family, the woman &#8211; who did not want to be named &#8211; said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the family had been running it for a long time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUPOMC_Image_2_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Armed police were in the area of Arthur St and had cordoned off part of the busy road.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPolice tape surrounds a dairy and accompanying property on the corner of Arthur and Alfred Street.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ\/Calvin Samuel\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My daughter was home alone and I came home from work and drove my car into the garage, and I saw a policeman with a big gun on the corner,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was worried obviously for my daughter, she didn&#8217;t hear it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The woman said it was &#8220;a really sad thing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUPNWA_Image_6_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Police at the scene of a shooting in Onehunga - 16\/01\/26\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nA police officer at the scene.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ\/Calvin Samuel\n<\/p>\n<p>A person living opposite the cordoned property said her granddaughter heard a loud crashing bang.<\/p>\n<p>An increased police presence will remain in the area while an investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police at the scene of a shooting in Onehunga Photo: Kim Baker Wilson \/ RNZ Police investigating a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-235974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235974","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=235974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}