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said that while members of the team were woken by police helicopters, they "felt safe the whole time"; other players had been having breakfast on the ground floor and were kept inside by security when the lockdown was being put in place. A team spokesperson said that Norway's match preparations were
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arriving four minutes later. Officers entered the building while Reid was shooting and eventually found him in the upper levels of the building, where he had barricaded himself in an elevator shaft. Reid fired at the police, hitting an officer, before the police fired back. Reid was later found dead
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originally opened in 1973 and was undergoing renovations as part of the Commercial Bay redevelopment project, with the building planned to house offices and a hotel. Reid had been employed at the construction site, and the shooting is believed to have been related to his employment there.
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Reid had received a community-based sentence for an assault committed in 2020. He committed further offences in a domestic violence incident in 2021, while serving the earlier sentence. For that he was sentenced to five months'
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operations manager Stuart Cockburn confirmed that emergency responders had treated ten people, seven of whom had sustained gunshot wounds. One of the wounded was a police officer who had sustained "significant" injuries.
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would launch a full investigation into the shooting, including how shooter Reid obtained the gun and whether there were any "red flags". That same day, the
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near to the location of the incident, as well as trains and buses, did not initially close the ferry service but did divert buses away from the nearby
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The incident took place outside the M Hotel, where the Norway team was staying ahead of the match, and close to the fan zone. Norway captain
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issued a press statement, saying that there was no national security risk, and there would be no change in the nation's terror threat level.
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By 23 July, the bodies of the two victims had been recovered by police. They were identified as Solomona Toʻotoʻo and Tupuga Sipiliano.
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A separate, unrelated, fatal shooting also took place in the Auckland CBD, on the same street, two weeks later on 3 August 2023.
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in March 2023, for the offences of impeding breathing (strangulation), injuring with intent to injure, wilful damage and "
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intersection was put under lockdown. The shooting was noted due to being unusual in New Zealand.
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in February 2023. One Queen Street is under construction in the centre, with the
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The shooting occurred on the day of the opening ceremony and first match of the
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with a pump-action shotgun on 20 July 2023. The 21-storey building near the
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representative said that the shooting was not related to the World Cup.
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Matu Tangi Matua Reid entered the One Queen Street building in the
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launched an inquiry into its management of Reid's home detention.
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Reid moved through the building and opened fire at about 7:20
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and that the World Cup would go ahead as planned. A
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Index


Queen Street
ferry terminal
Britomart station
Auckland
Coordinates
36°50′36″S 174°46′00″E / 36.84333°S 174.76667°E / -36.84333; 174.76667
NZST
UTC+12
Mass shooting
workplace shooting
murder-suicide
Pump-action shotgun
mass shooting
central business district
Auckland
Auckland CBD
Commercial Bay Shopping Centre
NZST
Armed Offenders Squad
mass shooting
Christchurch mosque shootings
home detention
male assaults female
firearms licence
Queen Street
Quay Street
Chris Hipkins
Auckland Transport
ferry terminal

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