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OJ LINES-MACKENZIE / STUFF
The fire department witnessed a fire at the house at which Robert Nelson was shot.
A car was reportedly leaving the scene of a fire at Hamilton House where a man was shot and killed last weekend.
Fire and emergency services were called at 9:20 pm in a fire at 4, Matthews Crescent, Melville, Friday, confirmed Northern Fire communications director Scott Osmond.
"It was not over, just a small fire in the house. Police and fire investigators look at the cause.
A police guard was in place at 4 Matthews Crescent after the fire on Friday night.
"He is considered suspicious because we saw a car leaving the scene, apparently, "Osmond said:
Robert Nelson, 23, was fatally shot at 4 Matthews Crescent on July 8, around 1 am, and his funeral was held at Newstead, Saturday.
Kahlee Marfell, a 20-year-old girlfriend of Nelson's five, was also shot by wounds, remained in stable condition at Waikato Hospital and a young boy 17-year-old was also seriously injured, was transferred to the care unit i Auckland City Hospital ntensifs Friday.
An investigation into the homicide in the shooting continues.
Osmond confirmed that two firefighter units attended the fire on Friday night. He added that two investigators were on the scene Saturday morning.
Waikato Police Staff Sergeant Phil Ruddell confirmed that the police would be keeping the house for the time being.
"We are looking for someone who was in the area who could have seen anything to contact the police with information that they thought might be useful."
There was no police guard at the time of the fire had been returned to the residents.
Waikato Police Detective Sergeant Paul Van Der Zee said the police were still in the early stages of the investigation and that she could not comment further on the investigation into l & # 39; homicide.
He could not tell if there were tracks.
– Practical Information
