Police are investigating after receiving a report that shots were fired in Leabank Park, Manurewa. Photo / Dubby Henry
Police inquiries are ongoing this evening after a person was hospitalised with serious injuries after reports of a firearms incident at a South Auckland park.
Armed police were seen near the cordon at Leabank Park on Claymore St in Manurewa this afternoon.
Emergency services responded to a report that shots may have been fired around 3.10pm.
Multiple people were present at the park, police said.
A person was found seriously injured, and they were transported by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital.
It comes three days after Joseph Tauiti, 21, died in Middlemore Hospital from critical injuries, sparking a homicide investigation.
An altercation between two groups of people broke out in the velodrome car park in Manukau on New Year's Day.
Gang tensions and firearms incidents have increased in Auckland.
Figures released exclusively to the Herald by Auckland's three district health boards show the city's hospitals have treated nearly 350 patients for firearms injuries since January 2016.
Half of the victims were from Counties Manukau, with Middlemore Hospital patching up 171 patients. Thirteen children who'd been shot were cared for at Starship hospital.