Police say ‘nothing to indicate anyone has been shot’ after armed call out in Putaruru

May 31, 2018

Police received calls about a shooting at Whakaaratamaiti Marae this afternoon.

Police say there's nothing to indicate anyone has been shot following reports of a firearm's incident in the Waikato town of Putaruru.

A man has been located who told passers-by that there had been a shooting earlier today and the man is being spoken to by police, police say.

"We can confirm that there is still nothing to indicate that anyone has been shot and there is no risk to the community," they say.

In an earlier statement police said they received multiple calls at 4.45pm about a shooting at Whakaaratamaiti Marae.

"The calls followed a man approaching passers-by in the area, saying that someone had been shot," police say.

Armed police were then deployed to the area.

"Police are currently at the marae making enquiries but at this stage there is nothing to indicate that anyone has in fact been shot," the statement reads.

Earlier Michael Flaws from business Kiwi Lumber on Domain Rd told 1 NEWS a person came onto the property claiming there were gunshots at a nearby marae.

"I personally didn't hear anything," he said.

"There are a carload of people at our gate and armed police have just arrived."

The NZ Herald reported that a man who lives next to a marae on Domain Rd told them a man had come onto his property at 4.45pm saying that there was someone at the marae shooting people.

"He said someone is killing people at the marae and he wasn't sticking around".


 

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