10 Mar 2011

Shooting in Hastings suburb being investigated

12:16 pm on 10 March 2011

Hastings police are investigating a shooting in the suburb of Mahora.

Senior Sergeant Stuart Fleming says they were called to a house in the suburb on Wednesday night and found a 48-year-old woman with firearm wounds to a shoulder.

He says she was admitted to Hawke's Bay Hospital, where she is in a stable condition.

Senior Sgt Fleming says detectives are conducting a scene examination on Thursday and interviewing people who lived in the house.