Please attribute to Detective Inspector Lindsay Pilbrow:
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Police have launched a homicide investigation after a woman died in the early hours of this morning following an incident in Rotorua on Sunday morning.
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The victim was Korrey Rose Whyman aged 28 of Kawerau. Police and Victim support are working with Korrey¡¯s family at this very difficult time.
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Police are working to piece together the events that led to Korrey¡¯s death.
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Around 1.55am on Sunday morning (25 September 2022) Police were called to State Highway 33, Mourea.
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Korrey was a passenger in a vehicle and she was located inside a vehicle at the scene with a serious gunshot wound.
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Early enquiries have established that this incident started on State highway 33 near Rotorua Airport where a vehicle was following another vehicle firing multiple shots.
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The vehicle with the victim in it has come to a stop outside a dairy in Mourea.
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Korrey was rushed to Waikato Hospital but sadly passed away this morning.
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Police are following a number of lines of enquiry but ask anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
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A woman has died and we now need to find the person or persons responsible for her death.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact 105 quoting file number 220925/5119.
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You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Issued by the Police Media Centre