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A 32-year-old man found dead with a gunshot wound in Palmerston North yesterday afternoon has been named as Jamie Martin Faulkner who lived in the city. . Area enquiries are also still continuing.

The road has also now re-opened and all residents are back in their homes, but a small area is still sealed off and the full scene examination is expected to take another two days.

That man is being questioned by police.

The victim was reportedly involved in an altercation with another man at a close toby flat shortly before his death, police said.

“We are also examining to get a better understanding of the relationship between the two men.

“We’re examining at that altercation and the extent that that is relevant to his death,” Detective Sergeant Craig Sheridan said this morning.”

The death is not being treating as a homicide at this stage and no arrests have been made, he said. These enquiries are likely to take some days.