A man has been shot by officers at Henderson police station in west Auckland after he got out of a vehicle holding a firearm.
He was challenged by armed police and was shot.
Police say that just after 10am, a man has attempted a robbery at Henderson Valley petrol station.
A firearm was discharged during the incident, however there are no reports of any injuries at the petrol station.
Police have immediately responded and tracked a vehicle of interest.
On multiple occasions this man has fired shots at Police, Superintendent Naila Hassan, Waitematā District Commander, said.
Video provided to the Herald shows a police car blasted by a shotgun.
The man has continued to be tracked travelling through the area, Hassan said.
Police said the man then drove to the Henderson Police Station where he has exited his vehicle holding a firearm and was challenged by armed police staff.
”The man has not engaged with our staff and has been shot,” Hassan said.
”First aid is currently being provided to this man. Police are advising the public to stay away from the area.
A witness to the initial incident at the petrol station said “it was scary”.
“Out of nowhere ... everyone was running and yelling, ‘Get down, get down’. I jumped in my van and hid down.”
The witness said there were already armed officers at the scene when a black car went around the roundabout near the service station and came to a rapid halt.
She heard the sound of faint gunshots.
The person then left the scene, chased by police.
“A co-worker had to pull over because they were shooting in the street.
”I’m still shaking.”
A guest at Hotel Quest in Henderson told the Herald it was a terrifying moment when she was told by her hotel manager to keep inside while an active shooter was on run.
“My room is on the corner so I was able to view what was happening outside.
About 10.30am police stormed the street and four police cars and 20 armed officers were on the scene.
" The hotel manager told us they were after a man who had robbed a petrol station nearby and shot at the police station.
“He told us to stay inside. Police have still blocked the road from both ends,” she said.
James Barren who lives on Buscombe Ave near Henderson Police station said he was at home when his brother messaged him about a major incident unfolding outside.
”All I saw was a lot of police cars they had cordons off the road. Ambulances in the car park of police station. I was . . . told by Police to ‘get out’.
”I was more scared for my friend next door who is an older Chinese lady, her mother was there when it was happening.”
She told me her mother could hear bang bang bang between Police and a member of the public.”
Police officers have cordoned off streets in Henderson while they interview members of the public. Some buses have been diverted as a result.
A motorist who was travelling through Henderson said she saw a police car hit by the shotgun pellets.
”I asked a police officer is that from now and he said, ‘yes they were shooting at us but we’ve got him now’.”The woman said it was at the roundabout at Alderman Dr, Henderson. She said there were at least 15 police cars in the area.
The wail of sirens were continuing to ring out with many roads blocked in the suburb.
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