{"id":601754,"date":"2026-09-16T04:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601754\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:18:11","slug":"wattle-downs-double-homicide-victims-named-tensions-high-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601754\/","title":{"rendered":"Wattle Downs double homicide victims named, tensions high in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two people shot dead on Gambare Place in Auckland’s Wattle Downs last month have been revealed as Elaine Rudolph and Keagan Bell. <\/p>\n

The accused is a 30-year-old man from Drury, who has interim name suppression. <\/p>\n

He appeared in the Auckland High Court on Wednesday and entered two not guilty pleas. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The man accused of killing two people in Wattle Downs. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Justice Michele Wilkinson-Smith asked for quiet in the public gallery as yelling erupted when the accused appeared in the dock. <\/p>\n

Name suppression will continue until a trial set for September 2027. <\/p>\n

Previously a resident<\/a> who says she witnessed the incident told 1News she saw a car pull into the cul-de-sac and a person get out.<\/p>\n

Outside the house, a heated argument erupted, followed by a gunshot and then several more.<\/p>\n

She said the person returned to the car and drove away before hearing more gunshots at the other end of the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people shot dead on Gambare Place in Auckland’s Wattle Downs last month have been revealed as Elaine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-601754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601754","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=601754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}