A gunman killed two people at a downtown construction site in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Thursday, as the nation prepared to host the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament. Authorities say the shooter is also dead.
"Clearly with the FIFA World Cup kicking off this evening, there are a lot of eyes on Auckland," Hipkins said."The government has spoken to FIFA organizers this morning and the tournament will proceed as planned. I want to reiterate that there is no wider national security threat. This appears to be the action of one individual."
Acting Police Superintendent Sunny Patel said the gunman began shooting at the site on lower Queen Street at about 7:20 a.m. That's when police swarmed the area."Upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the male has contained himself within the elevator shaft and our staff have attempted to engage with him," Patel said in a statement."Further shots were fired from the male and he was located deceased a short time later.
"We felt safe the whole time," she said in a statement."FIFA has a good security system at the hotel, and we have our own security officer in the squad. Everyone seems calm and we are preparing as normal for the game tonight."
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