29 Jan 2009

Children reportedly fired at in Blenheim park

12:30 pm on 29 January 2009

Police in Blenheim are investigating reports a woman shot at a group of children playing in a skate park.

They say six children were shot at in the Horton street park on Tuesday afternoon with a BB or slug gun.

A woman who was in the park at the time has told them a group of people arrived at the skate park in an white hatchback.

A Maori woman reportedly got out of the vehicle and began shooting.

Police say a skateboarder who was in the park at the time has provided a similar statement.