Police were hunting a group of anonymous gunmen this afternoon after receiving reports of several men firing a rifle out a car window in Lower Hutt.
Police were unable to find the group of three or four males, who were said to have been driving a black car up and down Coast Rd in Wainuiomata while someone fired the gun.
The reports came in about 1.30pm, a police spokesman said.
Cordons were set up and area patrols conducted, but no vehicle was located.
The police units have since withdrawn.
