Crime

Police shoot gunman after bystanders threatened in Auckland car thefts

17:07 pm on 15 July 2021

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Two car jackings and two innocent bystanders with guns held to their heads during a crime-fuelled rampage through Auckland.

What started with a vehicle being stolen from a car yard quickly escalated to a police pursuit of a runaway gunman.

It ended in a shoot out between officers and the armed man at a busy Auckland intersection. The second significant firearms incident involving police in 24 hours.

Kate Gregan has the details.