CHRISTCHURCH
1.40pm Email is forwarded to the Security Team at Parliament. A 74-page manifesto is attached along with links to web pages where content can be downloaded.
1.40:44pm Parliament calls Police Communications. Caller scans the manifesto and relays information. Call lasts about 12 minutes. 1.41pm First 111 call from public. 1.42pm Comms report over radio a priority one firearms event of machine gun fire at mosque on Deans Ave.
1.46pm 12 firearms events have been received by Comms.
1.50pm A description of the offending vehicle and its registration are shared over the radio.
1.53pm Radio report a vehicle description matching the alleged offender’s is sighted on BealeyAve heading towards Fitzgerald Ave.
1.57pm A call to Comms indicates shots are being fired around Linwood Ave and Hargood St.
1.43pm Multiple units respond and indicate they are on their way to Deans Ave. 1.46pm Armed Offender Squad (AOS), responding to the firearms event, arrive at corner of Deans Ave and Riccarton Rd. 1.47pm AOS confirm over the radio they are making an approach on Deans Ave.
1.48pm One AOS member stops to administer first aid to a gunshot victim.
1.49pm Another AOS team leave the police station.
1.51pm Police first responders arrive at Al Noor Mosque.
1.54pm Police responders including an AOS member indicate they are on their way to Bealey Ave.
1.56pm Report over police radio that shots had been fired at Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department. By 2.06pm it is confirmed no
shots had been fired.
1.56pm A local police unit in the area is flagged down by a member of the public reporting shots fired in Linwood.
1.57pm Police pursuit initiated along Brougham St with intersection of Waltham Road.
1.59pm Alleged offender apprehended near Strickland St.
1.59pm Police first responders arrive at Linwood Mosque.