{"id":567653,"date":"2026-08-13T09:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567653\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:26:11","slug":"sylvia-park-shooting-armed-man-fatally-shot-critical-incident-investigation-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/567653\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvia Park shooting: Armed man fatally shot, critical incident investigation launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photos from the scene show police and ambulance staff outside the mall.Crashed car on the island outside Sylvia park.<\/p>\n
Kiwi Property, which owns and manages Sylvia Park, told RNZ it was aware of an incident and that it was working with Police.<\/p>\n
Police said the incident itself is no longer ongoing.<\/p>\n
St John has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n
One shopper told the Herald they saw a man approaching the shopping centre with what appeared to be a firearm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t see him after that, but I heard three gunshots,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A witness told Newstalk ZB: \u201cIt was five or six shots… I thought that\u2019s not a car backfiring. <\/p>\n
\u201cI heard the sirens going and saw half a dozen police cars.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he went to the train platform to warn people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said to everyone, \u2018There\u2019s an active shooter at the mall so I wouldn\u2019t go over there if I were you\u2019.\u201c<\/p>\n
\u201dI was stopping people going in there, I needed a new pair of shoes, but not that desperately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another witness, Nick, told Newstalk ZB he was driving through the complex when he saw \u201ccops everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201dThere appeared to be a hatchback car that looked like it had crashed into the middle island. I didn\u2019t know if that had anything to do with the active shooter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were millions of police everywhere, lots of guns.\u201d<\/p>\n