Shooter filmed and streamed attack
A man who allegedly killed multiple people after opening fire at a Christchurch mosque says he is 28, white, and claims to be from Australia.
The alleged gunman – who Stuff has chosen not to name – made a livestream video of his attack available online. Police were alerted to a shooting at a mosque on Deans Ave, near Hagley Park, at 1.53pm on Friday afternoon. It is believed the shooting began about 1.40pm. There were about 300 people in the mosque.
In the 16-minute video, the man says: ‘‘Let’s get this party started,’’ as he starts his car and travels to the mosque.
He is seen wearing army-like gear and uses GPS on his phone to direct him there.
As he travels along the driveway near to the mosque music is playing in his car.
He says: ‘‘This is .. some AOS s .... ’’
He then parks, gets a gun out of his car and walks towards the mosque. He opens fire several times before throwing the gun to the ground. He then picks up another gun and continues to fire, shooting one person as they attempt to crawl away, and fires at another person as they run away.
He then gets into another room where he fires at people trying to hide from him. Several bodies can be seen in the video.
The man continues to fire at the people as they lie on the ground. He then exits the mosque, running back to his car firing at people on the street before taking another gun out of the boot of his car and running back to the mosque and firing through the front entrance.
He then re-enters the mosque, again shooting at people lying on the ground from close range as he walks around a room. Once outside, the man shoots again down the street.
One woman can be seen lying on the road yelling, ‘‘help me, help me’’.
He then puts another address into his car’s GPS and shoots at several people while in his car.