Auckland CBD shooting victims named as Solomona Tootoo and Tupuga Sipiliano – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

The two people killed in Thursday’s shooting in downtown Auckland can now be named as Solomona Tootoo and Tupuga Sipiliano.

Police confirmed their identities after a formal process on Sunday.

Tootoo, 45, was from Manurewa and Sipiliano, 44, was from Wattle Downs.

“Police extend sincere condolences to the families, who are grieving the loss of their loved ones,” a police spokesperson said.

The two men died at a construction site on Thursday morning, along with the gunman, 24-year-old Matu Tangi Matua Reid.

Ten people were injured in the shooting, including a police officer who was critically hurt and has a lengthy recovery ahead of him.

Four people, including the officer, remain in hospital, Detective Superintendent Ross McKay confirmed on Saturday.

The incident unfolded shortly before 7am on Thursday with gunshots ringing out from the 21-storey construction site on the corner of Quay and Queen streets.

Armed police, some of whom happened to be training in the area, quickly swarmed the site and told people in the area to leave or get behind something solid.

Construction workers could be seen taking cover inside the building and on the roof as police searched the building for Reid.

Police attempted to negotiate with him, but he was later found dead in an elevator shaft.

Reid had been working on the construction site, one of well over 100 contractors from various…