A Waikanae resident has described hearing raised voices and what sounded like gunshots before the street was flooded with police.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to a property on Kakariki Grove just before 3.30pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A neighbour told RNZ police were still at a house on Thursday morning, and a street cordon remains in place.<\/p>\n
They said they were outside yesterday afternoon when they heard loud voices and what “appeared to be a gunshot”.<\/p>\n
“Then the screaming got louder and there was a second shot, I think.”<\/p>\n
The person said the commotion was followed by the sound of cars “taking off down the street”.<\/p>\n
The street remained closed for several hours yesterday the neighbour said, but has since opened to residents only.<\/p>\n
They said neighbours were a little bit nervous and shaken up.<\/p>\n
Another neighbour told RNZ armed police were stationed outside the property on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
“They’re the big guns, not the small ones.”<\/p>\n
They said there were tents and plastic on the ground at the house and residents were signing in and out of the street cordon.<\/p>\n
Residents were “battening down,” they said.<\/p>\n
“It’s kinda freaky.”<\/p>\n
Wellington Free Ambulance confirmed it attended an incident on Kakariki Grove.<\/p>\n
RNZ has contacted police for comment.<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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