Two people have been found dead following a serious firearms incident in Nelson on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Police say they were first alerted just before 12pm to the alleged theft of a shotgun from a store in Annesbrook. <\/p>\n
The alleged offender left the area in a vehicle before officers arrived.<\/p>\n
A short time later, police were called to a firearms incident on Parkers Road, where a man and a woman were found deceased.<\/p>\n
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says he was briefed by police on Friday afternoon and that the alleged theft happened at Hunting & Fishing at Nelson Junction. <\/p>\n
“The alarm was raised when a shotgun was stolen from Hunting & Fishing in Quarantine Rd and then the offender has gone on to Parkers Rd where the tragedy occured.”<\/p>\n
Acting Tasman District Commander Superintendent Blair Macdonald says initial enquiries suggest the two people were known to each other.<\/p>\n
Police are providing support to the victims’ loved ones.<\/p>\n
“I can reassure the public that this was an isolated incident and there is no ongoing risk to public safety.”<\/p>\n
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths.<\/p>\n
As part of enquiries, officers are also at a property on Sanctuary Drive in Stoke.<\/p>\n
Cordons have been established in the Quarantine Road, Parkers Road and Sanctuary Drive areas, with scene guards in place.<\/p>\n
Members of the public are being asked to avoid those areas, while nearby residents can expect an increased police presence over the coming days.<\/p>\n
Access to Nelson Airport remains available via Bolt Road.<\/p>\n
Hato Hone St John responded an ambulance and an operations manager to the scene. <\/p>\n
Police say the incident was deeply distressing for members of the community and support is being provided to those who witnessed events unfold.<\/p>\n
Police are not seeking anyone else in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people have been found dead following a serious firearms incident in Nelson on Friday afternoon. Police say…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-589821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589821","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=589821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}