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.