Man found dead, woman wounded

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a dead man and wounded woman were found in a light industrial area of South Auckland.

A 28-year-old man was dead and a female was taken to hospital seriously injured with gunshot wounds, said Detective Inspector Faa Va’aelua.

‘‘We are confident that this is not a random incident and we are currently following positive lines of inquiries to identify two Tongan male offenders believed to be involved in this incident,’’ he said.

The dead man and the woman were found lying on the ground on Mangere’s Greenwood Rd around 6am, he said.

Police were speaking with the female victim to establish circumstances surrounding the incident.

The road is lined by paddocks and the Watercare Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant. Locals said the police operation was concentrated in a paddock near the road’s intersection with Ascot Rd.

Chris Olsen lived near Greenwood Rd and said it was notorious for rubbish dumping and boy racers.

A cordon was to remain in place throughout yesterday on Greenwood Rd while police carried out a scene examination and a forensic analysis of a vehicle found at the scene, said Faa Va’aelua.

Fly Park shift supervisor Sarah Davis woke to the ‘‘sound of a chopper flying round, as well as an ambulance siren’’ around 3.30am – and said she was surprised to see police cars outside her workplace on Ascot Rd yesterday morning.

She said Greenwood Rd had no houses on it, and that police had blocked it from both ends.

‘‘Business are still operating around here though,’’ she said.

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