Police blame Head Hunters and Mongols for Auckland Sofitel shooting 15 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read Armed police stand guard outside the Sofitel Hotel on Auckland's Viaduct yesterday morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham Armed police stand guard outside the Sofitel Hotel on Auckland's Viaduct yesterday morning. Photo / Jason Oxenham NZ Herald An escalating dispute between the Head Hunters and the Mongols was behind the shooting at a 5-star waterfront hotel yesterday, police say. A gun was fired soon after 9am at the Sofitel hotel at the Viaduct, sparking a citywide response with armed officers and the Eagle helicopter. Detective Inspector John Sutton said the incident - described by witnesses as "a moment of terror" - was linked to a shooting at the Head Hunters gang pad in Mt Wellington last weekend.