Police Charge Man For Sale Firearms Incident

Police have charged a man following an incident where a firearm was allegedly discharged at a vehicle in Bolitho Court in Sale on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old Sale man self-presented to a police station on 25 March about 2.30pm.

Wellington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged him with four counts of reckless conduct endangering life, three counts of making threats to kill, criminal damage, using a firearm when a firearm prohibition order applies, discharging a firearm at a vehicle and using a firearm in contravention of a firearm prohibition order.

He has been remanded to appear at the Sale Magistrates' Court on 28 March.

The incident occurred at approximately 7:40am on Tuesday 24 March.

Detectives are still investigating a second incident which occurred at the same address on 22 March.

No one was injured during the incidents.

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