Shooting investigated

Hamilton: A person is in hospital with a gunshot wound after a firearms incident near Lake Rotoma.

Police said an investigation was under way and officers were still trying to determine how the person was shot yesterday.

‘‘Initial indications are that those involved are known to each other and we do not believe there is any ongoing risk to the public,’’ a police spokeswoman said.

The injured person was being treated at Waikato Hospital. — The New Zealand Herald