By 3news.co.nz staff
Police have arrested a 39-year-old Wairoa man wanted in connection with a gang-shooting at a rugby match last month.
Joseph Gemmell handed himself in to police on Friday, and has been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm.
He will appear in the Gisborne District Court today.
The incident at Lambton Square happened late last month after a rugby match between two gang-aligned teams - Raupanga, which has Black Power connections, and Tapuwai, aligned with the Mongrel Mob.
Afterward the game, which passed without incident, several Mongrel Mob members on the back of a white ute began arguing with people leaving the carpark. One of the men on the ute fired four shots – some in the air, some towards the crowd.
Police say it was a "miracle" no one was hurt.
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