Man found dead from suspected gunshot in Taupo home

  • 20/07/2017
NEW ZEALAND - JULY 05:  As night falls the Armed Offenders squad assess the situation at the road block at Taipo Road in the rural Manuwatu township of Rongotea after an armed 16 year old local man shot one policewoman in the leg as she tried to flee and the another policeman was shot in the stomach and head and later died. Heavy Police presence is in the township.  (Photo by Graeme Brown/Getty Images)
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A man has been found dead in a home in Taupo on Thursday night, and police believe he suffered a gunshot wound.

He was found at the address on Whangamata Rd in the suburb of Kinloch at around 8:45pm.

Police and ambulance services were originally responding to reports of an injured man at the address.

A police spokesperson says the scene will be guarded overnight as officers continue to investigate.

Newshub.