Wounded man stays silent
The young man who staggered into Christchurch Hospital early yesterday morning'with a gunshot wound has refused to tell the police how it happened. , Michael Emslie, aged about 20, was still, seriously ill in the hospital last evening, although he has been moved from the intensivecare unit. The Christchurch police spoke to him yesterday to try to determine how a .22. calibre bullet entered his chest, travelled through a lung, and lodged in his stomach.
Detective Senior-Sergeant J. V. Dwight said yesterday that Mr Emslie “did not want to talk to us.” He would, be interviewed again today. ■ The police are still unsure how'Mr Emslie arrived at the hospital. They searched his home, the Black Power' headquarters in Woodham Road, yesterday morning and took possession of firearms and stolen property. Detective Senior-Sergeant Dwight said he did not think the shooting was the result of a gang confrontation.
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Press, 18 November 1981, Page 1
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