Auckland CBD gunman moved through building site firing pump-action shotgun – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

What we know

• Three people are dead and six are injured after a shooting in Auckland’s CBD on Thursday morning. Follow our live coverage here.
• The 24-year-old shooter has been named as Matu Tangi Matua Reid. He had been serving a sentence for domestic violence and was electronically monitored with an ankle bracelet.
• The incident caused major disruption in central Auckland with road closures and diversions, reduced bus services, and other impacts on the transport network.
• The first FIFA Women’s World Cup game still going ahead as Norway play the Football Ferns in the opening game of the World Cup at Eden Park. The FIFA Fan Festival at The Cloud in the central city will not open on Thursday but will operate from midday Friday.

Three people have died after multiple shots were fired during an incident in Auckland CBD that began shortly after daybreak Thursday morning.

Armed police responded to the incident at 7.20am and police later confirmed that two people died, as well as the male offender, who has been named as 24-year-old Matu Tangi Matua Reid.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said they received reports of a man shooting on the third floor of the Auckland CBD building.

The alleged offender barricaded himself in an elevator, before firing at police – hitting one person, he said.

Earlier, a police spokesperson said the man moved through a building site near the waterfront and continued to fire a gun. When he reached the upper levels, the man “contained…