Upper Hutt police are investigating reports of gunshots being fired in a residential area.
Police were called to Blueberry Grove in Timberlea about 11.30am when residents reported noises which sounded like shots.
A firearm was found by police, but they were still working to ascertain whether shots were fired, Senior Sergeant Brent Murray said.
A house in Blueberry Grove was damaged, including windows broken.
A man was found a short time later in Speargrass Grove and two others were found in an Aniseed Grove house.
