Teenagers injured and terrified after drive-by shooting
Teenagers at a birthday party were left terrified and covered in blood after a drive-by shooting in South Auckland yesterday.
Police think the shooting, which left three youths injured, was targeted.
The teens were drinking in a garage on Wilson Place, a tiny cul-desac in Papakura, when they heard fighting and shots around 1am.
“We were having a couple of beers and heard a raruraru (conflict) outside,” said Harmony Stewart.
“Just people fighting and then everyone ran out on the street and then we heard the shotgun.”
Stewart, 18, who lives at the house now under police cordon, said there were a number of shots fired and people went running for cover.
“They came back in covered in blood, I was just trying to help them.”
Her sister Jahmayla Stewart, 20, said she was terrified.
“It was f***ing frightening. I stayed in the garage, I was too scared to come out after I heard the gunshots.”
Police said three young men, two aged 16 and an 18-year-old, were injured in the shooting.
The driveway was taped off and a police guard was inside as detectives questioned neighbours yesterday and requested video footage from a nearby dairy.
“I don’t know why it happened at my house,” Stewart said. “Probably gang stuff, it’s always gang stuff around here.”
Police do not believe there is any ongoing risk to the public.