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A man is seriously injured after being shot by police during a firearms call in South Auckland.
Police were initially called at 5:47 p.m. Thursday, after shooting themselves through the window of a home on Avis Avenue in Papatoetoe. No one was injured by that shot.
The armed criminal squad and an Eagle helicopter were deployed and cordons were placed.
At about 8.24 p.m., the man came out of a home with a gun and police shot him, Counties Manukau District Commander Superintendent Jill Rogers said.
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A police cordon has been installed on Carruth Rd in Papatoetoe.
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The man has been taken to hospital in critical condition.
A neighbor Stuff spoke with claimed she heard four shots and a woman screaming shortly after 8 p.m.
A cordon will remain in place overnight and an examination of the scene will begin on Friday.
An investigation into the shooting was also underway and the IPCA was being notified.
Earlier, a local Carruth Road resident, who gave her name only as Hapreet, said two ambulances had arrived under lights and sirens and went down a side street.
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Pictures taken by a local resident show police cordons on Carruth Rd at the intersection with Allenby Road
The police helicopter was still present, hovering and circling.
He said the police did not allow any residents to be behind the roadblock.
“There is panic everywhere. We don’t know what’s going on here, but there is panic everywhere, ”Hapreet said.
“All the residents are out of their house and looking at the police, that’s all we know.”
Police responded to reports of what appeared to be shooting in Papatoetoe also on Wednesday night.
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Images taken by a local resident show police cordons at the intersection of Carruth Rd and Birdwood Av.
A police spokeswoman said Things Inquiries had been made Thursday morning, but no people or firearms were found about last night’s incident.
A worker at the local GAS station on the Great South Road said he had seen at least four police cars with lights and sirens driving through nearby Allenby Park.
He said customers had been asking what was going on, but he didn’t know the details.
