A person is in hospital with serious injuries after reports of a firearms incident at a South Auckland park this afternoon.Â
Police were called to Leabank Park on Claymore St in Manurewa around 3.10pm.Â
Multiple people were present at the park, police said, and they received a report that shots may have been fired.Â
A person was found seriously injured, and they were transported by ambulance to Middlemore Hospital.Â
Police remain at the park and enquiries are underway to establish the circumstances surrounding this incident, a spokesperson said.Â
A St John ambulance and rapid response unit responded to the incident at 3.09pm, a spokesperson told the Herald.Â
One patient was treated for serious injuries and taken to hospital.Â
A staff member at a nearby business said he saw three police cars speeding past within the last hour.Â
It comes three days after Joseph Tauiti, 21, died in Middlemore Hospital from critical injuries, sparking a homicide investigation.Â
An altercation between two groups of people broke out in the velodrome carpark in Manukau on New Year's Day.Â
Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you