{"id":266478,"date":"2026-02-04T02:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/266478\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T02:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:35:10","slug":"wanted-man-shot-by-police-after-armed-standoff-in-hamilton-carpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/266478\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted man shot by police after armed standoff in Hamilton carpark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOfficers stopped the vehicle from leaving, before the man presented a shotgun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Police ordered the man to put the shotgun down, which he failed to do.<\/p>\n

Loughrin said an officer then fired two shots at the man.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers provided immediate medical assistance, and St John transported the man to hospital, where he remains in a moderate condition,\u201d Loughrin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said a second person in the vehicle was taken into custody at the scene.<\/p>\n

Loughrin confirmed no police staff were injured. <\/p>\n

Loughrin said Ulster St remains closed from the Mill St intersection, and traffic is being diverted down Richmond St.<\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of the public are advised to avoid the area, as road closures are expected to remain in place for several hours,\u201d Loughrin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to reassure the community that there is no ongoing public safety risk.\u201d <\/p>\n

He said a critical incident investigationhas begun, and the shooting will also be referred to the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), as is standard procedure. <\/p>\n

Members of the public were earlier warned to avoid the area and expect delays.<\/p>\n

A person at a motel directly across the street from where the shooting happened said a large police presence remains.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from Hamilton Settlers Motorlodge said the street was blocked off and the neighbourhood had gone very quiet.<\/p>\n

They had received no news or direction from police at the scene on what had happened.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice have blocked streets in central Hamilton this morning as they investigate an incident.<\/p>\n

Another motelier a few doors down said they were first alerted by contractors who were working onsite to sounds of gunshots.<\/p>\n

As soon as they were informed, they went outside to look but police were already there. They said the street was filled with people soon after. <\/p>\n

They described the commotion as \u201ccrazy\u201d. <\/p>\n

A manager of a motel behind the cordon said he heard two gunshots about 9.45am, which he first thought were tyre sounds, before police arrived.<\/p>\n

More than 20 police vehicles were at the cordon, he said.<\/p>\n

The manager said he heard someone had been shot at shops near a motel. <\/p>\n

Another motel worker told the Herald they heard gunshots between 9.30am and 10am.<\/p>\n

\"AA police spokesperson said there are cordons along Ulster and Abbotsford Sts in Whitiora.<\/p>\n

A nearby resident also said he heard gunfire and police told him to stay home.<\/p>\n

A resident, who did not want to be named, said Ulster St was home to a large amount of emergency housing. A motel on Abbotsford St was now taped off. <\/p>\n

Some residents could be seen being escorted by police to their houses.<\/p>\n

Hato Hone St John sent two rapid response vehicles and one ambulance. <\/p>\n

\"AA man was taken to hospital from outside the Ulster St superette in the Hamilton suburb of Whitiora. Photo \/ Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOfficers stopped the vehicle from leaving, before the man presented a shotgun,\u201d he said. Police ordered the man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,7814,3595,26665,6288,78,5158,1304,111,43,139,69,675,10117,37136,1961,5828],"class_list":["post-266478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-armed","tag-by","tag-carpark","tag-hamilton","tag-in","tag-man","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-police","tag-shot","tag-standoff","tag-this","tag-wanted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266478","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=266478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}