{"id":256513,"date":"2026-01-28T21:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/256513\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:17:07","slug":"critically-injured-man-found-by-police-after-midnight-attack-in-neighbouring-hamilton-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/256513\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically injured man found by police after midnight attack in neighbouring Hamilton street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Byrne said police were also investigating a \u201clinked violent incident\u201d which happened around midnight at a property on Lyon St, which is near Avalon Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cScene guards are in place at the Lyon St property, and nearby residents can expect to see a police presence this morning as we conduct further inquiries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Asked if the man was believed to have been assaulted on Lyon St, a spokesperson said police were \u201cworking to establish the circumstances\u201d of what had happened.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A scene guard is in place on Lyon St, Hamilton\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A scene guard is in place on Lyon St, Hamilton<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">The scene guard is standing watch down a private driveway, and there are four police cars on Lyon St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Many residents say they did not hear anything untoward overnight and are waking up to news of the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Officers were not actively looking for the victim when he was found, the police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\">Police are requesting the public\u2019s help with their inquiries. Anyone with information that could assist is asked to call 105, quoting file number 260129\/1915, or provide information anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vwaNpWtPaxhXkxNi\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Byrne said police were also investigating a \u201clinked violent incident\u201d which happened around midnight at a property on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,17704,89,3595,11728,12939,1874,6288,42,78,10933,104,17709,101,5158,14733,46401,43,6507,675,1238,5424,1361,40,38,41,39,102],"class_list":["post-256513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-after","tag-assault","tag-attack","tag-by","tag-critical","tag-critically","tag-found","tag-hamilton","tag-headlines","tag-in","tag-injured","tag-injuries","tag-investigating","tag-left","tag-man","tag-midnight","tag-neighbouring","tag-news","tag-overnight","tag-police","tag-serious","tag-street","tag-that","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256513","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=256513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}