Police are still seeking a man and a woman after a gun was
fired in a confrontation between rival gangs in Gisborne.
A series of altercations in the CBD on Saturday night began
with women brawling and hitting each other with sticks and
ended with a shot being fired early on Sunday, police said.
No one was hurt when the cut-down .22 rifle was fired.
Armed police visited several houses around Gisborne yesterday
and two people who fled Gisborne in a car were pursued by
police to Wairoa.
The ECT Rescue Helicopter was called in by the Gisborne armed
offender squad to help pursue the vehicle and drop squad
members at a property where one of the offenders was believed
to be hiding.
The offender had already fled and police were this morning
still seeking a man and woman, both 33, in relation to the
firearms incident.
A warrant for their arrest was being sought from the courts
this morning but police believed the pair had left the
Gisborne area.
A 31-year-old man was arrested and charged with the unlawful
possession of a firearm.
Gisborne detectives were working with colleagues in Wairoa to
deal with gang-related incidents, although the conflict at
the weekend was not related to a series of incidents in
Wairoa, said Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Scott.
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