A precautionary security lockdown of Timaru Hospital yesterday afternoon followed the admission on Sunday of a 26-year-old Oamaru man who had been shot in the thigh that day.
Less than two hours after the first shooting, a shot had been fired at a house, also in South Canterbury, while two people were inside it.
Yesterday's lockdown came at 3.30pm, on police advice, and was earlier than the usual night lockdown of the hospital, a police spokeswoman said.
Circumstances surrounding the earlier shooting remained unclear, and police were ``not entirely sure what happened''.
Police were continuing their inquiries and matters involving the hospital would be further reviewed today. .
A police spokeswoman said the wounded man was driven to the emergency department by a friend, about 4.30pm on Sunday.
Police want to speak to Timaru man Samuel Aaron Selwyn Hix about the incident.
About an hour after the first incident, police were called to a house in Kennels Rd, Washdyke, north of Timaru, after reports a shot had been fired at a house.
Two people, a man and a child it was reported, were in the house but were not hurt.
