Invercargill police want to hear from anyone who saw a vehicle before or after an incident involving firearms in the Invercargill suburb of Grasmere on Saturday, as police try to locate the people involved.
Sergeant Sean Cairns, of Invercargill CIB, said police seized the vehicle, a 1994 Toyota Etoile, registration CHK625, from a property in Mataura on Saturday night.
Police would like to hear from any members of the public who saw the vehicle either before or after the Invercargill incident occurred.
Police and ambulance staff at a Drury Lane house in Grasmere, Invercargill, where a firearm incident happened about 3.30pm on Saturday.
Around 3.30pm on Saturday, police attended an incident at a house in Drury Lane, Grasmere, where a 26-year-old male had suffered serious head injuries.
The man was taken to Southland Hospital, where he remains in a serious but stable condition.
Police remove a car from a Drury Lane house in Grasmere, Invercargill, on Sunday morning.
Police are still determining the cause of the victim's injuries, but it does not appear that the victim had been shot.
Police said at this stage they are unable to confirm gang involvement and it was believed no-one had been arrested in relation to the incident.
On Sunday morning, police were seen pushing another car from the property where the incident took place.
Detective Senior Sergeant Stuart Harvey told Stuff on Saturday they were searching for an individual involved in the incident, but it was not known whether that person has been located.
Several police cars and dog units went to the small town of Mataura, north of Invercargill, late on Saturday as part of the investigation.
The Armed Offenders Squad, which was sent to the Drury Lane house on Saturday, were called in "as a precaution", Harvey said.
Seven or eight police cars also attended the altercation. Both ends of the street at Heywood St and Bay Rd were cordoned off by police.
One bystander said he was with his friends when the incident happened.
"We heard a gun shot, then screaming and then the cops arrived," he said.
Another resident on the street said they were told by neighbours a Mongrel Mob member had allegedly been "shot in the head"
Anyone with information in relation to this incident should contact the Invercargill Police Station on (03) 211 0400, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.