CAPTIONS BY AND STACEY SPARY AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE HERE ON 1 NEWS, FOLLOWING THIS MORNING'S DEADLY SHOOTING IN A DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND BUILDING. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE THE KEY POINTS ` THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED ` THAT NUMBER INCLUDES THE GUNMAN. SIX OTHERS ARE INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS. THREE ARE IN A SERIOUS CONDITION; THREE ARE CONSIDERED IN A MODERATE CONDITION. POLICE WERE FIRST ALERTED TO A MAN SHOOTING WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN AT 7.23 THIS MORNING. POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AT 7.34, THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD THERE MINUTES AFTER THAT. NOBODY ELSE IS BEING SOUGHT IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT, AND THERE'S NO WIDER SECURITY RISK OR CHANGE TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT IS STILL AN ONGOING POLICE OPERATION, WITH POLICE CORDONS STILL IN PLACE. THIS INCIDENT COINCIDES WITH THE OPENING DAY OF THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. BARBARA DREAVER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REPORTERS ON THE SCENE AS THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED. BARB, IT'S BEEN A CHAOTIC AND TRAUMATIC MORNING. THE INCIDENT IS NOW CONTAINED. WHAT'S THE LATEST YOU CAN TELL US? THIS VERY MUCH AS A CRIME SCENE. AND NOT SO LONG AGO, POLICE DID LEFT THIS COURT AND TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET TO THE FERRY BUTTER HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED. WE HAVE SEEN FORENSICS GO AND AND TENS OF DETECTIVES AND CARS GO PAST. AMBULANCES ARE STILL OUTSIDE. WHILE THE DEATH TOLL REMAINS AT THREE OFFICIALLY, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SOURCES THAT IT COULD WELL BE FOR. THERE HAVE BEEN SIX PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT... WHEN THE AMBULANCES GOT THERE, DOCTORS AND NURSES LINED THE CORRIDOR, READY TO RECEIVE THEM. THEY WERE READY FOR WHATEVER COULD COME. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WERE UP ON THE HIGHER LEVELS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION. SOME OF THEM ARE WITNESSES. THEIR BOSSES ARE ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH CARE AND SUPPORT. FOR THOSE WHO WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A FRIGHTENING EVENT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING THERE AS IT UNFOLDED? PROBABLY THE MOST... FRIGHTENING MOMENT WAS LOOKING UP AT THAT BUILDING AND SEEING WORKERS COWERING BEHIND PILLARS AND DESKS. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION SITE, AND SO IT WASN'T COMPLETED BUT YOU COULD SEE THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND THEY WERE ALL SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. SOME HAD THEIR ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER AND JUST REALISING THEY ARE IN A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT. THE FACT THAT THE GUNMAN MANAGED TO GET UP THAT FAR POLICE WILL BE LOOKING AT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THAT BUILDING. ALSO, WHEN WE WERE ON AIR WITH BREAKFAST AND WE HEARD THOSE GUNSHOTS GO OFF, AND VERY QUICK SUCCESSION, AND POLICE JUST RACED AROUND US. IT WAS SOON AFTER THAT WE SAW A POLICEMAN BEING HELPED OUT BY HIS COLLEAGUES AND STRAIGHT INTO AN AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT AND RACED OFF AND ANOTHER ONE OF OF OUR REPORTERS SAW SOMEONE BEING TREATED ON THE GROUND BY THE BRITTO MART CENTRE. SURROUNDED BY WORKERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND POLICE AND AMBULANCES. THOSE WERE CHAOTIC SCENES THIS MORNING BUT IT WAS ORGANISED CHAOS. OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DID WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO. THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, A LOT OF THEM ARE MIGRANT WORKERS. VERY SHAKEN. I SPOKE TO QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND THEY WERE ALL SAYING THEY WERE OKAY, BUT YOU CAN TELL BY THEIR FACES, THEY WERE PALE AND THEIR HANDS WERE SHAKING. IT IS JUST A TERRIBLE TIME FOR THEM. AND OF COURSE THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. THAT IS BARBARA DREAVER LIVE FOR US IN AUCKLAND CBD. HERE ARE SOME FRESH INFORMATION THAT HAS JUST COME THROUGH. OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED, ONE AS A POLICE OFFICER AND FOUR ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS WHEN HE WAS ADDRESSING NEW ZEALAND THIS MORNING SAID HIS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT SIX PEOPLE HAD BEEN INJURED, SO WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS ONE OF THOSE AS A POLICE OFFICER AND FOUR ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT IS NOT SURE ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THOSE NUMBERS. WE ARE GETTING LITTLE SNIPPETS OF INFORMATION THROUGH THE NEWSROOM AND WE ARE BRINGING THOSE TO YOU AS SOON WE HAVE THEM. DETAILS REGARDING EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING WENT ENTIRELY CLEAR AS POLICE RUSHED TO CONTAIN THE GUNMEN. BUT OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS, OUR TEAM OF JOURNALISTS HAVE PIECED TOGETHER DETAILS. HERE'S ISOBEL PRASAD WITH A RE-CAP OF THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT. THE HEART OF AUCKLAND'S CBD NOW AT THE CENTRE OF A SHOOTING, POLICE WERE FIRST CALLED TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE ON QUAY ST AROUND 7.30, AS A MAN ENTERED THE BUILDING AND BEGAN FIRING. (GUNSHOTS) POLICE, ARMED OFFENDERS SQUADS AND AMBULANCES RUSHING TO THE SITE; THE EAGLE HELICOPTER CIRCLING ABOVE, AS NEARBY STREETS WERE CORDONED OFF; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INSIDE AND ON THE ROOF TAKING COVER, TOO. SHORTLY AFTER 8, MORE GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED. A SERIES OF AROUND SIX GUNSHOTS AND FIRED IN QUICK SUCCESSION, LIKE, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM ` LIKE THAT. AN OFFICER WHO APPEARED TO BE INJURED AND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING; POLICE CONFIRMING TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED; THE MALE OFFENDER ALSO FOUND DEAD AFTER TAKING COVER IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. THIS WITNESS SAYS HE WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME. I WAS ON LEVEL 15. IN THE BUILDING? YEAH. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SAW OR WHAT YOU HEARD? IT WAS JUST SHOTS GOING OFF, EH. ALL OF US JUST (BLEEP) BRACED FOR IMPACT, I GUESS, YEAH. JUST UNREAL, SURREAL. OTHERS NEARBY ALSO WITNESSED THE DRAMA. SO, WE WERE RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE, AND I SAW, LIKE, 20 PEOPLE RUSHING OUT OF THE BUILDING AND TELLING THE PEDESTRIANS TO MOVE. I WAS, LIKE, 'WHAT HAPPENED?' AND I GO ASK THEM. THEY SAY, LIKE, 'WE SAW A GUY WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND, 'AND HE WAS AIMING FOR PEOPLE.' WE'RE SORT OF, LIKE, IN THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE OVER THERE. BUT WE JUST CAME OVER TO, SORT OF, WONDER, BUT WE COULD SEE THE WHOLE EVENT UNFOLDING. JUST ALL THE COP CARS AND AMBOS AND FIREARMS SQUAD AND ARMED OFFENDERS. AND FROM WHERE WE WERE, WE HEARD A FEW GUNSHOTS. ACTUALLY, YEAH, I QUITE NERVOUS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS, LIKE, HERE AND THERE, FOR SOMETHING SHOOTING GOING ON, AND, YEAH, EVERYBODY'S PANICKED HERE. THIS ALL TAKING PLACE AT PEAK COMMUTER TIME. EVERYTHING WAS JUST SHUT DOWN. THERE WERE POLICE ` POLICE EVERYWHERE. DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND THEN WHEN WE GOT INSIDE, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A LOCKDOWN, SO WE HAD TO STAY INSIDE. WELL, I WAS IN THE BUS, GOING IN, AND GOT MESSAGES FROM MY FRIENDS, SAYING, 'ARE YOU GOING IN TO THE OFFICE?' POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER CONTROL, WITH CORDONS REMAINING AT THE SCENE AS POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION. ISABEL PRASAD, 1 NEWS. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS IS RIGHT NOW MAKING HIS WAY TO OUR BIGGEST CITY. EARLIER THIS MORNING, HE SPOKE TO MEDIA FROM PARLIAMENT. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH McKAY IS LIVE FROM THE BEEHIVE NOW. JESS, WHAT DID THE PRIME MINISTER HAVE TO SAY? THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS NOT TERROR RELATED. THERE IS NO IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL MOTIVATION TO THE SHOOTING. THERE IS NO NATIONAL SECURITY RISK AT THE MOMENT AND THERE IS NO CHANGE TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY LEVEL. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ON HIS WAY TO HAMILTON. HE TURNED AROUND AND CAME BACK HERE TO GIVE A BRIEFING TO THE MEDIA TO OFFER SOME KIND OF REASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS QUITE... WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE GOING ON. HE WAS THE FORMER POLICE MINISTER. HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. I THINK ANY SITUATION WHERE INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD UPSET POLITICAL LEADERS, AND IT SHOULD UPSET NEW ZEALANDERS. THERE IS NOW ALSO A WHOLE DIPLOMATIC REACTION TO THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY TEAMS FROM OVERSEAS HERE FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP. THE PRIME MINISTER IS HEADING TO AUCKLAND NOW BUT WAS PLANNING TO HEAD TO AUCKLAND LATER ON TONIGHT. NOW THE EMBASSY AND THE MINISTRY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THOSE LEADERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TRYING TO REASSURE THEM THAT THEIR TEAMS IN NEW ZEALAND ARE SAFE. SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE HOTELS THEY WERE STAYING AT IN THE CBD. THE PRIME MINISTER, THE POLICE MINISTER AND THE SPORTS MINISTER ARE ALL EN ROUTE TO AUCKLAND NOW TO GO AND VISIT THE SITE AND TO OFFER SOME REASSURANCE. HERE AT PARLIAMENT AT 2 O'CLOCK, THE MPS ARE SET TO GO INTO THE DEBATING CHAMBER AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO A SPECIAL MINISTERIAL STATEMENT, SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. THAT IS JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY LIVE AT PARLIAMENT. POLICE CONFIRMED THAT SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE SHOOTING THIS MORNING, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. OUR REPORTER AZIZ AL SAAFIN IS THERE NOW. OUR REPORTER AZIZ AL SAAFIN IS THERE NOW. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE INJURED? KIA ORA. WE HAVE JUST HAD SOME INFORMATION HANDED TO US. WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS THAT THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SUFFERED THAT GUNSHOT WOUND WAS IN A CRITICAL BUT NOW STABLE CONDITION. FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE ALSO INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. THEY HAVE MODERATE TO CRITICAL INJURIES. I HAVE JUST SPOKEN TO ST JOHN AND THEY SAY THAT MOST OF THOSE PAGES WERE BROUGHT HERE TO AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL, BUT AT LEAST ONE WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE MORE HOSPITAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS ARE FAIRLY CALM OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE JUST SEEN SOME TAXIS PULL UP WITH SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY CAME FROM THE CITY, BUT AS WE GET THAT NEWS TO HAND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE BRING THAT TO YOU. MANY AUCKLAND COMMUTERS WERE FACED WITH POLICE CORDONS AS THEY TRIED TO GET TO WORK. BUT WITH MUCH OF THE CBD AND ITS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN, THEY ALSO STRUGGLED TO LEAVE. REPORTER TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI WAS WITH THEM. I WAS ACTUALLY TRAVELLING OUT FROM THE WEST. AND AS SOON AS WE GOT HERE, THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE TRAIN THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE STATION FROM TAKUTAI SQUARE. QUITE NERVOUS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE, LIKE, HERE AND THERE, FOR SOMETHING, A SHOOTING GOING ON. AND YEAH, EVERYBODY IS PANICKED. GOING BACK TO WHANGAPARAOA PENINSULA. IT WAS QUITE A COMMUTE THIS MORNING. QUITE INTERESTING. AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO GO BACK, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. TE ANIWA IS AT THE FERRY TERMINAL, WHICH HAS NOW RE-OPENED, AND JOINS US LIVE. TE ANIWA, HAS THE CITY OPENED BACK UP YET? SLIGHTLY. IT HAS BEEN ONE HECK OF THE MORNING FOR COMMUTERS HERE IN AUCKLAND. THE FERRIES ARE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. THERE ARE STILL ACCORDANCE IN THIS PLACE AROUND THE AREA. THERE ARE DOZENS OF POLICE OFFICERS AND CARS BUT PEOPLE WHO DO NEED TO ACCESS THOSE BERRIES WILL ABLE TO GET THROUGH. POLICE ARE JUST ASKING THAT THEY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BECAUSE THIS IS NOW A CRIME SCENE. AS FOR THE REST OF THE CITY, THINGS ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO RAMP UP AGAIN. BUSES ARE OPERATING BUT THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF DETOURS IN PLACE. LOWER HOBSON STREET AND QUAY STREET WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED. THIS WILL BE A HUGE RELIEF THAT THINGS ARE STARTING TO MOVE. AS YOU SAW JUST BEFORE, PEOPLE WERE WAITING TO GET HOME AND TO WORK AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH TO SEE IF THEY ARE OK. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BE A HUGE RELIEF. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOR THOSE WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT THIS MORNING IT HAS BEEN A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. CONSTRUCTION WORKER NAVEEN KUMAR WAS THERE DURING THE SHOOTINGS EARLIER THIS MORNING. HE SAYS OTHER COLLEAGUES SAW THE SHOOTER AIMING FOR PEOPLE. WE WERE RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE, AND I SAW, LIKE, 20 PEOPLE RUSHING OUT THE BUILDING, AND THEY WERE TELLING THE PEDESTRIANS TO MOVE. I WAS LIKE, 'WHAT HAPPENED?' AND I GO ASK THEM ` THEY SAID, WE SAW A GUY WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND, AND HE WAS AIMING FOR PEOPLE. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT, BUT THEY SAY HE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY'S OFFICE WAS. WE WERE JUST REALLY SCARED FOR OUR LIFE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. AND WHEN I SAW, LIKE, PEOPLE RUSHING OUT, THEY SAID THE PERSON HAS A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS JUST GRAB MY HELMET. I KNOW IT'S GONNA SOUND SILLY, COS IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT A BULLET-PROOF HELMET. BUT, YEAH, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I DID. WE WERE, LIKE, REALLY, REALLY SCARED. MY UTE IS STILL AT THE SITE, AND IT'S ISOLATED, AND MY STUFF IS ALL IN THAT. SO UNTIL WE GET THE UTE AND MY STUFF, WE CANNOT GO, SO WE JUST NEED TO WAIT. WE JUST GOT ANOTHER PIECE OF AN FORMATION. WE UNDERSTAND ST JOHN HAS CONFIRMED A TOTAL OF EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THIS EVENT. THE INITIAL REPORT SUGGESTED TWO PEOPLE HAD BEEN KILLED AND SIX PEOPLE INJURED. THE LATEST INFORMATION WE HAVE IS THAT EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. WE HAVE REPORTERS WHO ARE SPEAKING WITH ST JOHN AS WELL AS BEING STATIONED OUTSIDE AUCKLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL. ANY FURTHER INFORMATION THAT COMES THROUGH TO US, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO PASS ONTO YOU. AS WE MENTIONED, MUCH OF AUCKLAND'S CBD HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN AFTER THIS MAJOR INCIDENT. LOGAN HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE ALL MORNING. LOGAN, WHAT'S THE MOOD IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW? THE MOOD IS CERTAINLY SOMBRE. IT IS NOT OFTEN WE HAVE A SHOOTING LIKE THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG CITY. THIS IS LUNCH TIME AND IT WOULD USUALLY BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AROUND, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT AS BUSY AS IT WOULD BE ANY OTHER DAY. BEHIND ME WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE POLICE FORENSIC WORKERS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY. WE HAVE JUST SEEN A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BEING LAID OUT BY POLICE WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. POLICE SAY THEY ARE INTERVIEWING ABOUT 40 PEOPLE TO TRAIN PIECED TOGETHER WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. AND WHAT LED TO THESE TERRIBLE EVENTS HERE. AS FOR DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND ITSELF, THERE IS A LARGE POLICE COORDINATE STRETCHES RIGHT DOWN CUSTOM STREET. THERE IS A HEAVY ARMED POLICE PRESENCE AND THEY WILL BE HERE FOR SOME TIME. THE CHORDING GOES RIGHT AROUND THIS ENTIRE CITY BLOCK AND UP TO MY RIGHT AS WELL. HOW LONG IT WILL BE HERE, IT WILL BE AS LONG AS THE FORENSICS TAKE. IT COULD TAKE MORE THAN A FEW HOURS AS THE POLICE TRYING FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. THAT IS LOGAN CHURCH, LIVE FOR US FROM THE CBD. THERE'S PLENTY MORE TO COME ON THIS 1 NEWS SPECIAL. WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR AUCKLAND COMMUTERS AND THE LATEST ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. WELCOME BACK. AS WE CONTINUE TO COVER THE FATAL SHOOTING IN AUCKLAND. TRANSPORT ACROSS AUCKLAND WAS BROUGHT TO A HALT WITH BUSES DETOURED AND THE DOWNTOWN FERRY TERMINAL CLOSED FOR SOMETIME. THERE IS WARNING OF MAJOR DELAYS STILL. FOR MORE, I'M JOINED STACEY VAN DER PUTTEN WHO IS AUCKLAND TRANSPORT'S EXECUTIVE GENERAL MANAGER OF SAFETY. WHAT DO PEOPLE IN THE AREA NEED TO KNOW IN THE HOURS AHEAD? THEY NEED TO KNOW AND PARTICULAR WHERE THAT COURT AND IS AND IN TERMS OF WHAT SERVICES ARE OPERATED, WHAT IS DISRUPTED AND POTENTIALLY WHERE THEY NEED TO GO IN ORDER TO CATCH THEIR SERVICES. BUSES ARE RUNNING, BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS. THAT MEANS THEY ARE BEING REDRAFTED TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO OUTSIDE THE CORDON. AT THE MOMENT, THE FERRY TERMINAL HAS BEEN CLOSED AND WE ARE AWAITING AN UPDATE ON THAT AT 12.30. JUST SO WE ARE TOTALLY CLEAR, THE IMPACT OF THIS INCIDENT IS CONFINED TO THE AUCKLAND CBD OR IT WILL AFFECT AUCKLANDERS ACROSS THE CITY? IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILST IT IS CONFINED TO THE CBD AREA, OBVIOUSLY THAT DOES HAVE A KNOCK-ON EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE NETWORK AS DELAYS ARE EXPERIENCED. OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND MITIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE ISOLATED AREA. THE KEY THING FOR US RIGHT NOW IS WHAT I WOULD CALL THAT AFTERNOON PREPAREDNESS. IF THE COURT REMAINS IN PLACE, THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE REALLY CLEAR INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO CATCH THEIR SERVICE. I APPRECIATE THIS MAY TAKE SOME TIME, BUT ONCE THE COURT AND IS LIFTED, HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT IT TO TAKE UNTIL WE HAVE THE RESUMPTION OF NORMAL SERVICES? THAT WOULD HAPPEN REALLY QUICKLY. EXCLUDING THE FERRY, ALL THE OTHER SERVICES ARE RUNNING. WHAT THEY ARE IN SPIRIT THING RIGHT NOW, THOSE PARTICULAR SERVICES IN THE CBD, THERE ARE 34 BUS ROUTS, THEY ARE EXPERIENCING DELAYS. THERE ARE DELAYS IN WHAT I WOULD CALL DETOURS WITH THOSE SERVICES. IT WILL RESUME VERY QUICKLY. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR IN TERMS OF WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO FULLY OPEN THE FERRY TERMINAL AND GET THOSE SERVICES RESUMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS STACEY FROM AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. 1 NEWS MANAGED TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC WHO WERE IN LOCKDOWN AS THE EVENT UNFOLDED. WE WERE JUST IN THE PWC BUILDING, AND THEY DOLLARS TO EVACUATE WHEN THINGS WERE HAPPENING, AND THEY TOOK US DOWN TO THE FERRY TERMINAL, JUST WAITING FOR UPDATES UP THERE. BUT YEAH, PRETTY INTENSE MORNING. DID YOU HEAR ANY OF THE SHOOTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THE SHOOTING. I JUST CAME OUT OF THE TRAIN STATION IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE SWAT TEAM AND EVERYTHING SHOWED UP. THAT'S AS MUCH I SAW, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. AND YOU'RE VERY... VERY COLD. A BIT SHAKEN UP. THOSE PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING TO BARBARA DREAVER IN THE AUCKLAND CBD. OUR REPORTER LOGAN CHURCH SPOKE WITH A WITNESS AT THE SCENE EARLIER THIS MORNING. POLICE ARE PLANNING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. WELCOME BACK TO THIS 1 NEWS SPECIAL. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE OF THIS MORNING'S SHOOTING IN AUCKLAND. DESPITE THE EVENT, WE HAVE HAD IT CONFIRMED BY TWO SOURCES, THAT THE MAN BELIEVED TO BE THE SHOOTER IN THIS INCIDENT, WAS OUT ON HOME DETENTION AND WAS WEARING AN ANKLE BRACELET AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. POLICE HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON HIS STATUS, BUT WE HAVE CONFIRMED IT WITH TWO SOURCES, THE MAN BELIEVED TO BE THE SHOOTER WAS OUT ON HOME DETENTION, AND WAS WEARING A MONITORING BRACELET AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. DESPITE THE EVENT, AND THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT TO EVER COME TO NEW ZEALAND, THE WOMEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP, IS STILL DUE FOR KICK-OFF TODAY. THERE WERE MANY INTERNATIONAL TEAMS STAYING IN AUCKLAND CBD. ALL HAVE CONFIRMED THEY ARE OK. ONE OF THOSE WAS TEAM NORWAY, WHO SAY THEY FELT SAFE THE WHOLE TIME AND ARE PREPARING AS NORMAL FOR THE GAME TONIGHT. SPORTS MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON SAYS ALL TEAMS WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR DAYS AS PLANNED. I'VE SPOKEN THIS MORNING TO THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF FIFA. THEY PASSED ON, FIRSTLY, THEIR CONDOLENCES TO ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY THE INCIDENT THIS MORNING, AND INDEED TO ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. AS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALREADY SAID, THE TOURNAMENT WILL GO ON, AND TONIGHT'S GAME WILL BE PLAYED. THE FIFA ORGANISERS` SORRY, THE POLICE ARE ALREADY UP UNTIL THIS POINT HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FIFA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE, AS JUST PART OF THE NORMAL ORGANISATION OF THE TOURNAMENT, SO THERE IS VERY CLOSE COOPERATION THERE. THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION YET IF A MOMENT OF SILENCE OR ANY OTHER COMMEMORATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GAME TONIGHT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH AN EVENT OF THE SIGNIFICANCE, THERE ARE ALL MANNER OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS AND DIGNITARIES, AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. FOR MORE DETAILS ON FIFA, AND THE WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION THIS HAS CAPTURED, JACOB JOHNSON JOINS US NOW. I AM CURRENTLY STANDING AT THE POLICE CALLED IN, ON THE CORNER OF WQUAY STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE BEHIND MY SHOULDER, AND THE CLOUD ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHERE THE FIFA FANS OWN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OPENING AT MIDDAY, FOR FANS TO COME AND START ENJOYING THE BUILDUP TO THE BIGGEST WOMAN IS A SPORTING EVENT, THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT NEW ZEALAND HAS EVER HOSTED. AT THIS STAGE WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHETHER THIS FAN ZONE WILL OPEN, WE BELIEVE IS BEING USED BY POLICE TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS. THE ONLY PEOPLE BEING LET IN OUR WITNESSES FOR THESE INTERVIEWS, AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING AT THIS FAN ZONE. THEY SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH POLICE, AND WE ARE EXPECTING AN UPDATE. AS TO THE GAME TONIGHT, THAT ARE STILL GOING AHEAD ` BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND NORWAY. THE GATES WILL OPEN AT 4:30 PM. IT IS PRETTY MUCH A SELLOUT, 40,000 FANS, NEW ZEALAND AND INTERNATIONAL ALIKE. EDEN PARK SAYS THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED INCREASED SECURITY PRESENCE, A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA HAVE BEEN HERE, WHO ARE HERE FOR THE GAME. WE CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING, THAT IT IS HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY AS THE BEGINNING OF THE WOMAN'S SPORTING EVENT, IT IS QUITE HARD TO BELIEVE AND IT HAS PUT A DAMPER ON QUITE A SPECIAL DAY. WE EXPEDIENT UPDATE FROM POLICE VERY SHORTLY. JOHN CAMPBELL IS STANDING BY AT THE AUCKLAND POLICE STATION. THE POLICE ARE DUE TO HAVE A CONFERENCE, WE ARE HERE AND READY TO GO ` MY EXPECTATION AS IT WILL START AT 1 O'CLOCK RATHER THAN 1230. THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS FOR THE POLICE TO CLARIFY ` WHAT WAS THE CUSTODY OR STATUS OF THE OFFENDER, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE CLARIFICATION OF THAT. AND HOW ME PEOPLE EXACTLY HAVE BEEN INJURED ` THERE WERE REPORTS OF A POLICE OFFICER BEING CRITICALLY INJURED. THE DEATH TOLL STANDS AT THREE. THERE WILL BE CLARITY AT THAT, THREE BEING THE PERPETRATOR AND TWO PEOPLE HE SHOT. WE ARE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE SCENE. SO MUCH FOR THE POLICE TO DISCUSS. WE ARE STANDING BY, WE WILL BRING YOU THAT CONFERENCE LIVE THE MOMENT IT BEGINS. THAT AS CHIEF CORRESPONDENCE JOHN CAMPBELL. AS HE MENTIONED, WE WILL BRING YOU THAT CONFERENCE AS SOON AS IT BEGINS. WE EXPECT IT WILL BEGIN AT 1 O'CLOCK. THE PRIME MINISTER IS ALSO HEADED TO AUCKLAND. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM CHRIS HIPKINS AFTER THE BREAK. - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - Uso, you've got this! # Pull the stick from the test. # Put it in the poo. Just follow the pictures... - Koro. You can 'poo' it! - # Put it in the pottle. Put on the date. # Don't delay or procrastinate. (ALL CHEER) # Early detection can save the day. # WELCOME BACK TO THIS 1 NEWS SPECIAL. HERE'S A WRAP UP OF THOSE KEY POINTS FROM THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT. THREE PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING THE GUNMAN. EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS. SIX WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL; TWO ARE IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. FOUR ARE CONSIDERED IN A MODERATE CONDITION. TWO MORE PEOPLE WERE TREATED BY ST JOHNS AT THE SCENE. POLICE WERE FIRST ALERTED TO A MAN SHOOTING WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN AT 7.23 THIS MORNING. POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AT 7.34. THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD THERE MINUTES AFTER THAT. NOBODY ELSE IS BEING SOUGHT IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT AND THERE'S NO WIDER SECURITY RISK OR CHANGE TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT IS STILL AN ONGOING POLICE OPERATION. WITH POLICE CORDONS STILL IN PLACE. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED A PLANNED EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY FIFA, THE POLICE HAVE ASKED THEM TO HOLD OFF. BUT THE OPENING MATCH, AS WE UNDERSTAND AT THE MOMENT, WILL BE GOING AHEAD AT 7 PM. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE SHOOTING, ONE OF THEM A POLICE OFFICER. AZIZ AL SAAFIN IS THERE NOW. WE'VE JUST HAD AN UPDATE ON THEIR CONDITION. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WE KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INJURED, THEIR INJURIES RANGE FROM MODERATE TO CRITICAL. WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE AS A POLICE OFFICER, WHO HAS SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND. HE WAS IN A CRITICAL BUT NOW STABLE CONDITION. ST JOHN'S SAY THEY BOUGHT MOST PATIENTS HERE TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL, BUT ONE OTHER WAS TAKEN TO MIDDLE MORE HOSPITAL. TO PATIENTS WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE. THE INFORMATION IS JUST STREAMING THROUGH. WE HAVE SEEN MORE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PULL UP HERE, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE COME FROM AUCKLAND CITY, BUT SOME CARS HAVE PULLED UP WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS INSIDE, FROM AUCKLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS WERE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE AUCKLAND CBD. IT WAS CONFUSING, FOR THOSE CLOSE IT WAS TRAUMATIC. OUR REPORTER LOGAN CHURCH SPOKE WITH A WITNESS AT THE SCENE EARLIER THIS MORNING. HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. IT WAS MADNESS. I NORMALLY COME ACROSS THE STREET HERE IN FRONT OF H&M, AND THERE WAS, LIKE, HELICOPTERS FLYING AROUND. I WAS ONE OF THOSE ANNOYING PEOPLE GOING, 'WHAT'S GOING ON?' TAKING A BIT OF FOOTAGE. AND THERE WAS A MASSIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE, HELICOPTERS. IN FRONT OF COMMERCIAL BAY, THERE WERE TWO GUYS WITH ARMED RIFLES, WHICH IS QUITE A SCENE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THAT HERE IN AUCKLAND. AND KIND OF WENT, 'OK, SOMETHING SERIOUS IS GOING DOWN.' AND AS I WALKED DOWN WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS, ALL WE HEARD WAS JUST, 'BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG!' AND I JUST HID BEHIND THE WALL FIRST, TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT. AND THEN I WORK FURTHER DOWN JUST ON O'CONNELL STREET, SO I JUST DECIDED TO HIGHTAIL IT OUT IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED THE PEOPLE I KNOW, LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THAT I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT RATTLED TODAY AND JUST PROCESS, I GUESS. FIFA, THE ORGANISERS OF THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, HAS JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT. THAT EXTENDS THE DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIFE, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS REMAIN WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THIS TRAGIC EVENT. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EVENT, THE PRESIDENT OF FIFA WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEW ZEALAND AUTHORITIES. THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS. THOSE TEAMS ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE WITH THE PREPARATION AS THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. THE STATEMENT GOES ON ` FIFA SAID IT IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, NOT RELATED TO THE WORLD CUP, SO THE OPENING GAME WILL CONTINUE. THE TEAMS ARE BEING SUPPORTED. POLICE HAVE SAID SO FAR IN THE PRIME MINISTER, THAT IT IS SAFE FOR THE EVENT TO CONTINUE. THEY EXPECT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS, THE EYES OF MILLIONS OF FOOTBALL FANS WORLDWIDE WILL BE FOCUSED ON AUCKLAND, FOR THE OPENING DAYS OF THE WORLD CUP. THEY BELIEVE IT IS SAFER THAT EVENT TO CONTINUE. THE GATES WILL OPEN AT 4 PM AT EDEN PARK. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS WE SHOULD EXPECT AN EXTENSIVE POLICE PRESENCE. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS IS RIGHT NOW MAKING HIS WAY TO OUR BIGGEST CITY. EARLIER THIS MORNING HE SPOKE TO MEDIA FROM PARLIAMENT. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS IS LIVE FROM THE BEEHIVE NOW. THE PRIME MINSTER DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL, HE ONLY HAD TO THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. HIS KEY MESSAGE, WAS THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT IS NOT TERROR RELATED, AND THE THREAT HAD BEEN NEUTRALISED. THESE ARE THE KEY MESSAGES FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. OF COURSE WITH THE WORLD CUP, THEY WERE KEEN TO GET THOSE MESSAGES OUT THERE, TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT THE THREAT HAD BEEN CONTAINED. THE PAYMENTS TO DID TALK BIT ABOUT THE RESPONSE TIME OF THE POLICE, THAT THEY MANAGED TO GET THERE PRETTY QUICK. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO APPEARED EMOTIONAL. HE IS GOING TO AUCKLAND NOW, AS WELL AS THE POLICE MINISTER AND THE SPORTS MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON. WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM THEM THIS AFTERNOON, PARLIAMENT IS ALSO SITTING AT THE MOMENT, SO WE EXPECT A MINISTERIAL STATEMENT TODAY. SPEAKING ABOUT THOSE AFFECTED AS WELL. BENEDICT CAN YOU SPEAK TO US ABOUT HOW THIS EVENT UNFOLDED AT PARLIAMENT. WE UNDERSTAND CHRIS HIPKINS WAS PLANNING TO MAKE HIS WAY TO HAMILTON TODAY, WHEN HE DECIDED TO CHANGE AS MIGHT ADHERE BACK TO PARLIAMENT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT UNFOLDED? HE WAS DUE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN HAMILTON. HE GOT TO THE AIRPORT, GETTING READY TO GET ON THE FLIGHT, AND THEN THE NEW STARTED TO BREAK THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS UNFOLDING IN AUCKLAND. SO HE STAYED AT THE AIRPORT FOR A WHILE GETTING INFORMATION, AND DECIDED IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE TO GO TO HAMILTON. HE NEEDED TO GO BACK TO PARLIAMENT TO GET A BRIEFING. HE THEN GAVE US THE LATEST INFORMATION IN A PRESS CONFERENCE. HE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION MORE THAN PRELIMINARY STUFF FROM THE POLICE, BUT GETTING THAT KEY MESSAGE THAT IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AND NOT A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. WE KNOW THAT THE PRIME MINISTERS A FORMER POLICE MINISTER HIMSELF, SO HE HAS AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE, AND WITH ANDREW COSTER. TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THAT COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WE UNDERSTAND BOTH THE POLICE MINISTER AND COMMISSIONER WILL BE IN AUCKLAND. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE AT IN THE LATEST FROM POLICE HQ WHEN HE CAME BACK THIS MORNING. HE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER WAS IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING, SO IS TRAVELLING TO AUCKLAND FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE. THEY WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER AND BRIEFING EACH OTHER, GETTING THE LATEST INFORMATION BEFORE HAVING MORE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING LATER TODAY. THANK YOU BENEDICT, LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. POLICE ARE GIVING A LIVE UPDATE AT 1 O'CLOCK. IN ABOUT 13 MINUTES, WE ARE EXTENDING A LIVE UPDATE. WELCOME BACK TO THIS ONE NEW SPECIAL. COVERING THE FATAL MASS SHOOTING IN AUCKLAND CBD. THE PRIME MINISTER IS AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE THANKED EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THEIR BRAVERY THIS MORNING. WE KNOW AT LEAST ONE COP WAS INJURED THIS MORNING. WE ASKED FORMER POLICE NEGOTIATOR LANCE BURDETT HOW THINGS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE UNFOLDED FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE THIS MORNING. THE FIRST RESPONSE IS ALWAYS TO TRY AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE ACTUAL SCENE IS, WHICH THEY'VE DONE, THE SECOND IS TO TRY AND SURROUND THAT AS BEST THEY CAN WITH THE INITIAL RESPONSE OF POLICE. THAT IS UNIFORMED STAFF WHO ARE ARMED, AND THEY PUT A CORDON AROUND BECAUSE IT IS A SERIOUS INCIDENT AND THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SHOTS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD WILL BE PAGED IMMEDIATELY AND THE CRISIS NEGOTIATORS. IT TAKES ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR FOR THEM TO ARRIVE. YOU SEE THEM THERE IN BLACK. THEY WILL THEN TAKE THE POSITION OF THE UNIFORMED POLICE IN THE IMMEDIATE CORDON. THE UNIFORMED POLICE WILL DROP BACK, AND THERE WILL BE A VOICE APPEAL OF SOME SORT TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS. IF IT IS REALLY SERIOUS, THE POLICE WILL PROBABLY NOT GO IN THERE, BUT THEY HAVE GONE IN THERE FOR A PARTICULAR REASON, WHICH IS BECAUSE IF IT IS SERIOUS LIKE IT IS, THEY HAVE GONE IN TO HELP THE WORKERS, AND THEY ARE VERY BRAVE PEOPLE. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE POLICE READY TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE FIRST, AND THEN HELP OTHERS, SO THEY HAVE GONE UP THERE ` GOOD ON THEM. THEY SAY 'RUN, HIDE.' AND YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN WAIT. JUST SIT AND WAIT AND TELL YOUR STORY AFTERWARDS. THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING IF POLICE ARE UP THERE, THEY WILL BE ARMED AND PROTECTING THOSE PEOPLE, AND WILL NOW WAIT FOR THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD TO MOVE THROUGH. THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. ONE IS TO MAKE A PHONE CALL BETWEEN THE PERSON AND THE NEGOTIATORS. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK THEY WILL HAVE A LOUDSPEAKER, WHAT THEY CALL A KARAOKE THAT THEY THROW. IT AS A SPEAKER BOX. AND THEY WILL THEN MAKE MORE OR LESS A DEMAND. IT IS NOT A NEGOTIATION. SAYING 'YOU ARE SAFE, WE REQUIRE YOU TO COME OUT,' ETC. LIKE YOU SEE ON TV, TO BE FAIR. THAT IS FORMER POLICE NEGOTIATOR LANCE BURDETT. POLICE RECEIVED THE FIRST CALL AT 7:23, AND WITHIN 15 MINUTES, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD DRESSED IN BLACK AND THAT CLIP MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE BUILDING. ONE NEWS REPORTERS AT THE SCENE HAVE REPORTED THAT THOSE SAME MEMBERS OF THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD HAVE BEEN SEEN LEAVING THE BUILDING. IT IS A MULTI-STORY HIGH-RISE BUILDING AT THE HEART OF AUCKLAND CBD. SEVERAL PARTS OF THE BUILDING WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO THERE WERE MANY CONSTRUCTION CREWS THERE THIS MORNING. MEMBERS OF THAT POLICE TEAM, THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD, HAVE HAD TO MOVE THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUILDING TO REASSURE EVERYONE THAT IT IS SAFE, AND THE MORNINGS EVENT HAS BEEN CONTAINED. LOCAL RESIDENT KENT HARRISON HAPPENED TO BE FILMING FROM HIS APARTMENT WHEN THE GUN SHOTS WERE FIRED AROUND 8AM. WE WILL PLAY THIS CLIP TWICE, AND YOU'LL GET A SENSE OF THE GUNSHOTS AND THE SOUND IS A ECHOED. (GUNFIRE) SOMETHING IS GOING DOWN. (GUNFIRE) SOMETHING IS GOING DOWN. IT'S PRETTY MAJOR... THAT WAS FILMED FROM JUST ACROSS THE SQUARE, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM WHERE THIS MORNINGS EVENT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE UNFOLDED. IT IS NOT CLEAR FROM WHOM THOSE GUNSHOTS ORIGINATED. POLICE HAVE NOT YET COMMENTED ON WHETHER IT WAS THEM WHO KILLED THE GUNMEN, OR IF THE GUNMEN DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND. WE ARE INSPECTING AN UPDATE IN FIVE MINUTES TIME, AND WE WILL GO TO THAT PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE. IN THE LAST HOUR AUCKLAND MAYOR WAYNE BROWN HAS SPOKEN TO THE ABC NEWS IN AUSTRALIA. LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. IT IS VERY SAD DAY FOR AUCKLAND, AND I AM SHOCKED AND SADDENED BY THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING. WE'RE NOT USED TO THIS SORT OF STUFF. I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENING IN THE CITY. IT IS TRAGIC AND DISTRESSING FOR ALL AUCKLANDERS ` IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE NOT USED TO. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING BEFORE, EVER, IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY. I LIVE IN THE CITY, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'VE NOT EVEN HAVE CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBILITY. SO I AM TOTALLY AMAZED BY THE SPEED AND RESPONSE OF THE POLICE, WHICH IS QUITE WONDERFUL FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T` WE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, HERE. DREADFULLY SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED OR AFFECTED BY THIS, INCLUDING ALL THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE NEARBY ` IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE DISRUPTION TO THE WHOLE CITY THIS MORNING. IT TOOK PLACE RIGHT AT PEAK TRAVEL, AUCKLAND TRANSPORT PEOPLE RESPONDED VERY PROMPTLY AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE TO MANAGE THE DISRUPTION TO A VERY COMPLICATED LIVERY OF PASSENGERS INTO THE HEART OF THE CITY. THAT IS THE AUCKLAND MAYOR WAYNE BROWN SPEAKING TO ABC AUSTRALIA. IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD HAD BEEN LEAVING THE BUILDING. LOGAN, WHAT'S THE MOOD IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW? WHILE THE EXTENSIVE POLICE CORDONS REMAIN, WE HAVE SEEN POLICE LEAVING. WE SAW THEM LEAD A LINE-UP CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FROM THE BUILDING, AND ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO, WE SAW A LINE OF THE ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD MEMBERS MARCHING OUT OF THE AREA, GETTING INTO THEIR VEHICLES, AND LEAVING TO. WE HAVE SEEN POLICE CARS LEAVE, AND A SHORT TIME AGO, I SAW A POLICE OFFICER HACKING AWAY HIS RIFLE AND DRIVING AWAY. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS STILL A STRONG POLICE PRESENCE OF THIS TERRIBLE INCIDENT, THEY ARE NOT AS ARMED AS THEY WERE. THERE ARE FAR FEWER OFFICES THEN THEY WERE, THERE THEY ARE DIFFERENT SCENES THEN WHAT WE SAW THIS MORNING. WHEN POLICE RECEIVED REPORTS AT 722 OF A MAN AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET WITH WHAT WE NOW KNOW WAS A SHOT GUN. HE WAS FIRING, AND AFTER 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, RESIDENTS AND EYEWITNESSES WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO HEAD A SERIES OF QUICK SHOTS. AFTER THAT, THE POLICE CONFIRMED TO HAD DIED, AND A NUMBER WERE INJURED, AND ARE IN HOSPITALS AROUND AUCKLAND. THIS CORDON WILL REMAIN FOR SOME TIME, AS THE SITE IS A CRIME SCENE, AND POLICE WILL TAKE TIME TO GO THROUGH IT AND FIND OUT WHAT LED TO THIS TERRIBLE INCIDENT TAKING PLACE HERE ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING, WHICH AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IS THE OPENING DAY OF THE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. ALL EYES ARE ON AUCKLAND. WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO THE WORLD'S MEDIA. I SPOKE TO A SPORTS REPORTER IN PHILADELPHIA, WHO IS NOW REPORTING ON A TERRIBLE CRIME HERE IN THE CITY. I SPOKE TO VIV BECK, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. SHE SAID WHILE THIS IS TRAGIC, IT COULD NOT HAVE COME ON A WORSE DAY. WE HAD A NUMBER OF VISITORS COMING INTO THE FAN ZONE, IN THE CLOUD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. AND WE HAVE THE OPENING GAME AS WELL. SO THIS HORRIBLE INCIDENT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME. LOGAN, COULD YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE AREA AT THE CENTRE OF ALL OF THIS? IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND, YOU ARE STANDING ON QUEEN STREET LOOKING BACK AT THE BUILDING. LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE. SO POLICE WILL BE TRYING TO BALANCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVESTIGATION WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND REOPENING PARTS OF AUCKLAND. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE TENSION THEY HAVE TO BALANCE? IT IS A REALLY HARD ONE ` DESCRIBES AND WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH. LET'S GO FOR A WALK ` OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS JUST AT THE END, OF THE POLICE HAVE COMPLETELY CORDONED THIS OFF, AND IT GOES RIGHT UP TO LOWER ALBERT STREET. AND COMING DOWN THE OTHER WAY,, ALL TRAFFIC DOWN THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. AND IN THE CORDONED GOES RIGHT AROUND TO THE BACK OF BRITOMART. THE CHALLENGE, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE BIGGEST PUBLIC TRANSPORT AREA IN NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SAYS THAT THE TRAINS ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING, THE STATION IS OPEN, HOWEVER PEOPLE NEED TO LEAVE THROUGH THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. THERE ARE ALSO BUS SERVICES, BUT OF COURSE NONE COMING THROUGH HERE. THEY'RE JUST TAKING DOWN ONE OF THE CORDON TAPES NOW. POLICE WILL PRIORITISE THE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION. THEY NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON, SO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT LEADS TO THIS HORRIBLE INCIDENT. ON WHAT WILL BE A BIG DAY FOR NEW ZEALAND. IT APPEARS AS OPENLY AS A STARTING TO REMOVE THE CORDON. WE ARE EXPECTING AN OFFICIAL UPDATE FROM THE POLICE. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS PUSHED TO 1 O'CLOCK. IT IS DUE TO BEGIN IN 2 1/2 MINUTES. YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE BRINGING IN THOSE CORDONS. GIVE US A SENSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REMAINED IN THE CBD. OFFICE WORKERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GO TO THE OFFICE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. WE HAVE MANY THOUSANDS OF VISITORS ON AUCKLAND FOR THE WORLD CUP, SO GIVE US A SENSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REMAINED. AS I SAID, MOST PEOPLE HERE FOR THE WORLD CUP ` REPORTERS ET CETERA. THERE IS A FAMILY FROM SCOTLAND, WHO WE SPOKE TO RECENTLY. SHOCKED THAT IT HAPPENED SO CLOSE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STUCK HERE WONDERING WHAT TO DO. AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE BIG HIGH-RISES BEHIND ME. SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAVE WAVED TO COLLEAGUES IN LOCKDOWN. THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS RUSHED INTO A BUILDING BY THE POLICE, IN A KINDERGARTEN. THE CHILDREN WERE SCARED, AND HAD TO SHELTER AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF SCHOOL STUDENTS ` MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COME THROUGH BRITOMART TO GET TO SCHOOL. MANY OF THEM DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO THEY STAYED HERE. MANY HAVE GONE NOW, BUT THERE HAS BEEN CHAOS, COMMUTER CHAOS HERE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME CARS COMING ` NOW THE CORDON AT THE END OF QUEEN STREET, RATHER THAN BLOCKING THE ROAD HERE. THE POLICE WILL WANT TO TAKE THE TIME, TO GO THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE. TO FIND OUT WHAT LET THIS MAN TO BRING A SHOTGUN HERE, AND START FIRING. THIS IS BAD FOR ANY DAY IF A NEW ZEALAND, BUT THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON US. LOGAN CHURCH FROM THE FOOT OF QUEEN STREET. PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS WASTING NO TIME. SOME CORDONS REMAIN IN PLACE. WE ARE EXPECTING AN UPDATE FROM POLICE AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BEGIN ANY TIME NOW, AND WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU LIVE. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE SHOOTING, ONE WAS A POLICE OFFICER. SIX HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. OF EXPECTING ANY FURTHER UPDATES AS TO THE CONDITION? WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR, THE CONDITIONS RANGE FROM MODERATE TO CRITICAL. THE POLICE OFFICER YOU MENTIONED, WHO SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS, HE WAS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. I HAVE JUST BEEN WALKING DOWN PARK ROAD HERE, IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND IT FEELS QUITE CALM HERE. CONSIDERING WAS JUST HAPPENED. SPEAKING TO A FEW PEOPLE DOWN HERE, PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE IN A STATE OF DISBELIEF, THAT ACCOMPANY THIS KIND OF THING HAS HAPPENED. AS I MENTIONED, WE SAW SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PULL UP TO THE HOSPITAL A SHORT TIME AGO. WE ARE NOT SURE THAT THEY CAME FROM THE CBD, BUT THEY WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE HOSPITAL. THE INFORMATION IS STREAMING IN, WILL BRING YOU THAT AS SOON AS WE KNOW. THANK YOU ` THERE WILL BE MANY SURREAL IMAGES THAT STICK WITH US AFTER THE SCENES OF THIS MORNING. ONE FROM THIS MORNING, ARE THE IMAGES OF ST JOHN STAFF, HEADING INTO THE SCENE WHILE WEARING BODY ARMOUR. IT IS NOT THE THING WE ARE NORMALISED TO SEE IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE IMAGES THAT WILL STICK WITH MANY. THE PRIME MINISTER, CHRIS HIPKINS, HAS COMMENTED ON THE BRAVERY OF THOSE OFFICERS, WHO RESPONDED TO THE CALL, WITHIN THE BUILDING IN MINUTES. 1 NEWS HAS CONFIRMED VIA TWO SOURCES, THAT THE OFFENDER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON HOME DETENTION, HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON HOME AT DETENTION, WE'RE GONE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AT THE MOMENT THEY SAY THEY WON'T BE COMMENTING WHILE ON ACTIVE POLICE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. THAT POLICE INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME, CORRECTIONS WILL NOT BE COMMENTING AT THIS TIME. AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A MONITORING BRACELET. BUT WE ARE CONFIRMED WITH TWO SOURCES, THAT THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, WAS WEARING ELECTRONIC BRACELET AT THE TIME. WHETHER OR NOT MORE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ONCE HE LEFT HE ENTERED THE BUILDING. MUCH OF AUCKLAND CBD HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. LOGAN CHURCH IS THERE. THE TRANSPORT IS BACK UP AND RUNNING? THE ROADS HAVE JUST REOPENED. THIS AREA WOULD NORMALLY BE TEEMING WITH PEOPLE SEEKING LUNCH PERHAPS AT THE COMMERCIAL BAY EATERIES, BUT NOW IT IS ABSOLUTELY EMPTY. IT WILL LIKELY STAY LIKE THIS FOR SOME TIME. THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS JUST IN FRONT OF THE FERRY TERMINAL, WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. THIS IS WHETHER FORENSIC TEAMS WILL BE COMBING THROUGH. SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS, IT IS NOT OFTEN WE SEE A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THIS LEVEL. WHAT SPRINGS TO MIND FOR ME IT'S COMPARING THIS TO THE 2019 MOSQUE ATTACK. THE POLICE RESPONSE OF THE SCALE, I HAVE NOT SEEN IT SINCE THEN. THAT SHOWS HOW SERIOUSLY THE POLICE WERE TAKING THIS. THE PICTURES OF THE ST JOHN'S STAFF AND BODY ARMOUR ` WE DON'T SEE THAT IN NEW ZEALAND. IT SHOWS JUST HOW SERIOUS THE EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE TAKING THIS. ONE OF THE PIECES OF 'GOOD NEWS', IS THERE IS NO NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT HERE. THE OFFENDER HAD NO POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES THAT LED TO HIM DOING THIS. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT LED HIM TO THIS, THERE WILL BE PART OF THE POLICE INVESTIGATION. THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE TODAY. PARTS OF AUCKLAND REOPENING NOW, MORE POLICE OFFICERS LEAVING THE SCENE. BUT THEY'RE STILL HERE, PERHAPS TO PROVIDE REASSURANCE TO THE FANS FOR THE WORLD CUP. ONE OF THE BIG FAN ZONES, THE CLOUD, AS AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN STREET. THE EVENTS WILL CONTINUE TODAY, BUT THIS WILL CERTAINLY COME AS A SHOCK. THIS IS NOT, FOR ONE, THE LOOK NEW ZEALAND REALLY WANTS TO PUT ON, AS THE REST OF THE WORLD LOOKS AT US. SPEAKING TO THE HEART OF THE CITY LOCAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, SHE SAID IT WAS DEEPLY SAD THAT THIS HAPPENED TODAY, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF TOURISTS AND FOREIGN MEDIA HERE. WE UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE TEAMS WAS AN LOCKDOWN IN THE MORNING, THERE A NUMBER OF REPORTERS FROM OVERSEAS, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING AN LOCKDOWN IN THE MORNING, THEY WERE PLANNING TO COVER AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING EVENT. BUT, AS I SAID, THE CITY IS OPENING UP AGAIN. WE ARE IN THE RUSH HOUR, FOR LUNCH. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, WE'VE SEEN SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PASSING YOU. HAVE THEY BEEN WORKING ON THE SITE, MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION SITES WITHIN THE VICINITY?� THERE ARE MANY CONSTRUCTION SITES HERE, AS WELL AS THE ONE WITH THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. WE SPOKE TO A CONSTRUCTION WORKER EARLY ON, WHO WAS AT THE SITES WHEN THE SUN FOLDED. HE DESCRIBED SCENES OF TERROR. FOR MANY OR THEY COULD HEAR, WITH THE SOUND OF SHOOTING, WHETHER IT WAS THE POLICE RESPONSE OR THE OFFENDER. THEY WERE TOLD TO DUCK FOR COVER, PEOPLE COMING OFF THE TRAIN WOULD BE TOLD TO TAKE COVER, BEHIND ANYTHING SOLID. ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WAS TOLD TO GET BEHIND SOMETHING SOLID. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY EXTENDING MY CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED. THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN IRREVOCABLY AFFECTED, AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM. I HAVE HAD AN UPDATE FROM INVESTIGATION TEAM, WHICH IS WORKING AT A PACE TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW THIS EVENT HAPPENED. AT 7:22 AM, POLICE RECEIVED MULTIPLE EMERGENCY CALLS, WITH REPORTS OF A PERSON DISCHARGING A FIREARM AT THE BOTTOM OF QUEEN POLICE WERE ON SCENE WITHIN MINUTES. WE ARE CONTINUING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. WHAT WE KNOW IS AS FOLLOWS. THE OFFENDER MADE HIS WAY UP THE BUILDING SITE, DISCHARGING THE FIREARM ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. POLICE ENTERED WITHIN 10 MINUTES. STAFF FROM VARIOUS GROUPS ACROSS AUCKLAND RESPONDED, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE EVACUATED WHERE POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT SEVERAL WORKERS FOUND REFUGE HIDING INSIDE THE BUILDING DURING THE EVENT. AT AROUND 8 AM, OUR ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD LOCATED THE OFFENDER INSIDE A LIFT SHAFT, WHERE HE HAD BARRICADED HIMSELF, AND ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE HIM, HAVING SECURED TO THE FLOORS ABOVE AND BELOW. THE OFFENDER FIRED AT POLICE, INJURING AN OFFICER. SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED AND THE OFFENDER WAS LATER FOUND DECEASED. POLICE LOCATED TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DECEASED ON LOWER LEVELS OF THE BUILDING SITE. THE POLICE OFFICER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. HE HAS STABILISED. THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH INJURIES RANGED FROM MODERATE TO SERIOUS. AT LEAST ONE SELF PRESENTED WITH MODERATE INJURIES. WHILE THE SITUATION DEVELOPS, WE KNOW THERE MAY BE MORE VICTIMS AS THEY MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN TO POLICE. THE INJURY STATUS IS THEREFORE MAY CHANGE. THE LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN LIFTED AS THE BUILDING IS CLEARED. A SCENE GUARD WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE. THIS IS INCREDIBLY ALARMING FOR WORKERS WHO WERE JUST DARTING THERE day. WE HAVE CONTAIN THE SITUATION, AND ARE NOT SEEKING ANYONE ELSE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE OFFENDER IS A 24 YEAR OLD. HE HAS WORKED AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE, AND THE REASON FOR HIS PRESENCE AT THIS SITE WAS CONNECTED WITH THAT WORK. WE KNOW THAT THOSE WHO WORK IN THE VICINITY MAY FEEL VULNERABLE, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE REASSURANCE THAT THERE IS NO REASON FOR ONGOING CONCERN ABOUT THE SITUATION. THERE IS AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN THE AREA, AND WE REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO COME INTO THE CENTRAL CITY. THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY REMAINS CORDONED, WHILE THE TEAM EXAMINES THE SCENE. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH ORGANISING COMMITTEES FROM THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, WHO ARE WELL-PLACED TO MANAGE CONSEQUENCES OF THE EVENT. THE MATCHES ARE SAFE TO ATTEND, THIS HAS BEEN A SHOCKING AND TRAUMATIC EVENT, FOR THOSE WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ARMED EMERGENCY. THANKFULLY, MANY COULD ESCAPE THE BUILDING, BUT I KNOW THAT FOR THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY MADE AND TRAPPED, THIS WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BRAVERY OF OUR STAFF, WHO WALKED TOWARDS DANGER TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE. I AM VERY PROUD OF THEIR ACTIONS TODAY. I AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. YOU SAY THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF FIRE. DID HE SHOOT THEMSELVES OR WAS HE KILLED IN THE EXCHANGE? WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION. WE BELIEVE THAT THE VICTIMS ARE CONNECTED WITH THE SITE, BUT WE ARE YET TO CONFIRM. CAN YOU TELL US OF THIS WAS A BAND WEAPON? WE BELIEVE THE WEAPON WAS A SHOT GUN, SO NOT A PROHIBITED WEAPON, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE A FIREARM LICENCE. WAS THE OFFENDER ON SOME FORM OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING, HOME DETENTION? I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE OFFENDER WAS PART OF A SENTENCE OF HOME DETENTION, BUT HAD AN EXCEPTION TO WORK AT THE SITE, SO HE WASN'T BREACHING CONDITIONS TO WORK? WE DO NOT BELIEVE SO. THE INDIVIDUAL IS KNOWN FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE HISTORY. THERE IS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT HE HAS PRESENTED A HIGHER LEVEL RISK THEN WAS INDICATED BY THAT HISTORY. THERE HAS BEEN PREVIOUS SEARCH OF HIS PROPERTY. I WILL NOT GO INTO FINE DETAIL, BUT WE HAVE NOT FOUND HIM IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BEFORE. I AM TOLD THAT THE VICTIMS WERE SHOT ON THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE BUILDING. WAS THE CRITICALLY INJURED POLICE OFFICER SHOT BY THE OFFENDER? YES, THE INJURED OFFICER WAS SHOT BY THE OFFENDER AND THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON THE LEFT WELL. THE OFFICER WILL UNDERGO SURGERY TODAY. THEY HAVE STABILISED. WE BELIEVE IT IS CONNECTED TO THEIR WORK AT THE SITE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW. WE KNOW OF NO SUGGESTION TO SAY THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY TYPE EVENT. CAN YOU TELL US HOW THEY WERE MANAGING TO CONCEAL THE WEAPON? I DON'T KNOW DETAILS OF HOW HE ENTERED. WHERE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT MORE DEATHS AS EVENTS UNFOLDED? THAT THIS WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, THERE WERE SHOTS FIRED BEFORE STAFF ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. THAT IS A TERRIFYING SITUATION. OUR STAFF SHOWED COURAGE TO WALK TOWARDS DANGER AND DEAL WITH IT, AND THEY DID, AND I AM PROUD OF THEM. WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN A SHOT FROM THE POLICE HELICOPTER IF NECESSARY? I WON'T SAY THAT THAT OCCURRED, THEY DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WHILE KEEPING THE PUBLIC SAFE. WHO WERE THE FIRST RESPONDERS? WE HAD STAFF RESPONDING FROM ALL OVER AUCKLAND. WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF ARMED DEFENDERS SQUAD REPRESENTED WITHIN THE CORE UNITS, SO AS I UNDERSTAND, THE STAFF WHO ENTERED AND MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING WERE QUALIFIED. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PERPETRATOR'S MENTAL STATE? WE KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME INDICATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY IN THIS CASE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL. WILL YOU GO TO OTHER AREAS OF AUCKLAND FOR THIS INVESTIGATION? WE HAVE DONE CHECKS, BUT NO OTHER SCENES WE ARE AWARE OF. WE HAVE WITHDRAWN OUR CORDONED TO A SMALL FOOTPRINT, SO EVERYTHING CAN PROCEED TONIGHT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO A INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE AROUND EDEN PARK. IT WILL BE ELEVATED ANYWAY DUE TO THE WORLD CUP, AND WILL CONTINUE FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. THERE IS NO REASON TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION. WASN'T HELPFUL TO HAVE THE MAYOR SHARE UNVERIFIED INFORMATION ON TV? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT AS I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THE MEDIA. IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD IS WATCHING AUCKLAND. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO VISITORS? THIS IS A TRAGIC SITUATION. AS I SAY, IT IS CONNECTED APPARENTLY TO THIS WORKPLACE. I HAVE NO ELEVATED CONCERN ABOUT FIFA. THIS IS A GENERALLY SAFE COUNTRY, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EVENT. THAT IS POLICE MINISTER ANDREW COSTER. HE HAS TRAVELLED FROM WELLINGTON TO AUCKLAND AND RESPONSE OF THIS FATAL SHOOTING. LET'S RECAP MAIN POINTS. HE WAS A 24 YEAR OLD WORKER AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE PERSON MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AFTER 720 THIS MORNING. HE DISCHARGED WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS A SHOT ON MULTIPLE TIMES. POLICE LOCATED THE OFFENDER, AND EXCHANGE SHOTS. A POLICE OFFICER WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AND IS NOW STABLE, BUT WILL UNDERGO SURGERY LATER TODAY. THE WORLD CUP WILL GO AHEAD AS PLANNED. A SCENE GUARD WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING SITE WHERE THIS EVENT UNFOLDED. AGAIN, THE WORLD CUP IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY AT 7 PM THIS EVENING AT AUCKLAND'S EDEN PARK. POLICE WILL MAINTAIN A STRONG POLICE PRESENCE OUTSIDE AUCKLAND AND AROUND AUCKLAND. PLEASE CAN CONFIRM THE MAN BELIEVED TO BE THE SHOOTER WAS SUBJECT TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING. HE WORE AN ANKLE BRACELET AS PART OF A CUSTODIAL SENTENCE. HE HAD AN ALLOWANCE TO TRAVEL TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, (CHATTER, LAUGHTER) - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - And it's free! Uso, you've got this! - # There's a screening here tonight. # Pull the stick from the test. Put it in the poo. # Just follow the pictures. It's easy to do. - Koro! You can 'poo' it! - # Don't delay or procrastinate. # Put it in the post. Send it away. # Early detection can save the day. (ALL CHEER) # There's a screening # here tonight. # - ALL: Oh yeah! FOR NOW WE ARE GOING TO END THIS ONE NEWS SPECIAL, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS FATAL MASS SHOOTING. WE'LL BRING YOU MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY AS INFORMATION COMES TO HAND, AND UPDATES ARE ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE 1NEWS.CO.NZ. 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