27 Dec 2013

Gut-shot man now stable - police

8:19 pm on 27 December 2013

A man the police say appears to have accidentally shot himself in the stomach is now in a stable condition following surgery at Nelson Hospital.

The Armed Offenders squad found the 23-year old man with a gunshot wound to his stomach at an address in Pah Street in Motueka at 4am on Thursday.

Today the police completed a scene examination and are interviewing people associated with the property.

They say the injured man faces a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.