Heavily armed police outside a property in Carroll St this afternoon. Photo / Gerard O'Brien, ODT
Heavily armed police outside a property in Carroll St this afternoon. Photo / Gerard O'Brien, ODT
One person has been arrested following a shooting in central Dunedin earlier today.
Armed police swooped on a property this afternoon, a block away from a shooting, as they searched for two men who were wearing masks after three shots were fired in a residential street late this morning.
But police say one person is now in custody following reports of a firearm being discharged on Manor Place, Dunedin about 11.10am.
“No one was injured during the incident,” police said.
A 44-year-old man has been charged with discharging a firearm to intimidate. He is due to appear in Dunedin District Court tomorrow.
One witness heard three shots and said he believed there had been a drive-by shooting or a similar incident. He saw a masked man driving a Subaru Legacy.
Another masked man came running across the road to the car.
“Presumably, he was shooting at somebody,” the witness said.
The pair then took off in the Subaru.
Police at the scene of an alleged drive-by shooting at the corner of Manor Place and Melville St on Monday morning. Photo / Gerard O'Brien, ODT
About 3pm, members of the Armed Offenders Squad went to a property in Carroll St, near where the shots were heard, a police spokeswoman said.
However, police did not find the person they were searching for, or any items of interest, she said.
Armed police could be seen cordoning off Carroll St, between Melville St and Hope St, while the Armed Offenders Squad worked.
Three shell casings lying in Manor Place, downhill from the roundabout, had road cones placed over them by police, the witness said.
A police spokeswoman said no one was injured during the incident.
“Initial information suggests the incident involved parties known to each other, and at this stage, police do not have concerns for the wider public,” she said.
