Newington Road Henderson

A neighbour rushed to give first aid to the shot woman but "she was pretty clearly dead", he says.

In early July, a person was critically injured in a shooting in the West Auckland suburb of Rānui. In June, a bullet was shot through the window of a house in Māngere. A stoush between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gangs has led to escalating gun violence in the west and south of the region. Detective Inspector John Sutton said that while police were in the early stages of the investigation, they believed the incident was isolated and the dead woman and the murder-accused were known to each other. After going out to have a look, the resident heard screaming and saw a woman in her mid-20s lying on the ground, clearly injured. A neighbour, who was first on the scene, said he heard a number of shots ring out about 9pm and the sound of a car screeching.

Police have charged a 34-year-old man with murder following the death of a woman in West Auckland.

The neighbour said this scale of crime was uncommon for the area, which he said has just the occasional ratbag. The man was due to appear in the Waitakere District Court on Wednesday. Police have charged a 34-year-old man with murder following the death of a woman in Henderson, West Auckland.