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McDonald St development Police talk with a group of people on Agnes Street on Monday afternoon, believed to be in relation to an ongoing homicide investigation. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 111119-JPM-0035
By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
Armed Police swarmed a Tinwald address on Monday afternoon, believed to be in relation to the ongoing homicide investigation following the death of a 23-yearold man in Netherby on Friday evening. Police were unable to clarify late on Monday evening why the armed officers were in Tinwald, or if any arrests had been made.
People watched on from street corners as Police spoke with a number of people in George Glassey Park, some wearing Black Power patches. One person said Police had blocked the area off and were not letting anyone through for a period of time before allowing people to move through again. Once the majority of Police had left, a number of detectives and an armed guard remained at
the scene. The homicide investigation was launched after a man, believed to be Peter Hemi, was critically injured near the corner of McDonald and Princes Streets in Netherby. He died a short time later. Some of those present on Agnes Street were also seen at the crime scene on Saturday morning watching as Police carried out their forensics work and as
the body was removed. A McDonald Street resident, who asked not to be named, said he and his partner had not heard any disturbance on Friday evening, but woke on Saturday morning to news of a homicide investigation being launched and being unable to leave his property due to the Police cordons. “We couldn’t really get out for a few days but the cops were
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good,” he said. The property was the scene of another homicide in 2016, where Tainui James Wano was stabbed by his brother Jayden Shane Alexander with a boning knife.
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