Auckland shooting

'Loving heart' - Samoan mother mourns Auckland shooting victim Tupuga Sipiliano

Wattle Downs resident Tupuga Sipiliano, 44, and Manurewa resident Solomona To'oto'o, 45, were gunned down by their 24-year-old co-worker Matu Reid on Thursday morning. Police yesterday confirmed Reid, who lived in Flat Bush, also fatally shot himself.

Mena Sipiliano told Samoan radio station Talofa FM her eldest son, Tupuga, had been living in New Zealand for 23 years.

She said the builder had a loving heart and sent her photos from the different places he worked.

Auckland shooting: Police launch homicide investigation

They are seeking sightings of a dark coloured Mazda carrying the dead man's body before it stopped on Parkfield Tce and the man contacted emergency services.

Police said in a statement they have been speaking with occupants of the Mazda and they are assisting detectives with their investigation.

A resident of an inner-city Auckland flat came to the aid of a man who arrived in his street minutes before a body was found.