About six police cars and a dozen officers, some armed, could be seen outside a two-storey home that has been taped off.
An armed officer earlier stood guard on Maich Rd in Manurewa. Photo / Cherie Howie
Two residents living in the rented Maich Rd house that has been taped off told the Herald they didn’t know what happened.
None of those living in the home had been hurt, and the first they knew that something was up was when they saw police on the property.
“I woke up and went to the kitchen, and saw cops coming up and down here, so I came to have a look and then they grabbed everyone out of our house,” one of the residents said.
”They said someone was injured, but everyone who lives here is [outside]. No one from here has been hurt.”
The resident said he lived at the house with three other men and “our auntie”.
Now, he was waiting outside in the rain dressed only in a t-shirt, shorts and jandals.
Police had told him it would probably be a couple of hours before the occupants could go back inside.
Other residents along the street earlier reported hearing multiple sirens as police and other emergency teams rush to the area.
The police Eagle helicopter could be seen circling overhead, while an armed officer stood guard at a cordon on the northern end of Maich Rd.
