1 Aug 2018

Reports of gunshots at Taranaki hospital, man injured

10:58 pm on 1 August 2018

Police have attended Taranaki Base Hospital after reports of gunshots tonight.

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Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Senior Sergeant Jeff Veale said one man had a leg injury after an argument with a group of men in the hospital carpark at about 9.30pm.

He is being treated at the hospital. Police believed the other men had left the scene.

Police believed the parties knew each other, Mr Veale said

The hospital is operating as normal.