A person affiliated with Yours, a worker co-operative cafe and arts venue in Moray Place, said it was unclear where the shooting had happened and even police did not seem to know.
The incident was first reported to emergency services at 3.05am today.
‘‘We're still trying to work out the details of why and how it happened,’’ the person said.
The victim was shot in the liver and was related to the co-op, which appeared to be why he had driven himself to the space after the shooting.
The shooting is understood to be otherwise unrelated to the space.
There, he tried to call an ambulance but ended up flagging down a car in the street outside to take him to hospital.
He had since received surgery and was now doing "alright". Police this morning said the man was "reported to be in a serious but stable condition".
Armed police remained outside a cordoned-off Yours today while investigations took place.
"I think this might be the only crime scene they have at the moment," the person said.
About 3.45am, a witness saw police cars and officers standing in Moray Place which had been cordoned off at Dog With Two Tails and the View St intersection.
The car driven by the victim, a blue hatchback parked across the road from Yours, was retrieved by police shortly afterwards, the video shows.
A staff member at a nearby business said police had cordoned off the street, from the Princes St traffic lights to the pedestrian crossing near View St, when she arrived for work about 9.45am today.
Police appeared to be searching for something in the street, using torches and looking under cars.
Officers escorted her in but it was not until about half an hour later that police began allowing customers through the cordon, the staff member said.
A Hato Hone St John spokeswoman said they were notified at 3.05am, but were not required.
Police said investigations were ongoing after a man suffered a gunshot injury in Moray Place, which was reported at 3.10am.
"Police are still in the early days of investigating this incident and a number of active enquiries are underway.
"This includes scene examinations on Moray Place, and inquiries at other locations in Dunedin, to determine at exactly what location the man was injured and the circumstances of what happened.
"Anyone being injured in this way is of huge concern to Police and our officers work incredibly hard to hold such offenders to account," a police spokesperson said.
Investigators wanted to speak to anyone with any information which could help if they had not already come forward, the spokesperson said.
- Call 105 reference number P054326701.
