Two people have been airlifted to hospital following a firearms incident in Gore this evening.<\/p>\n
Police said they received a report of a firearm being discharged in the Southland town just before 8pm.<\/p>\n
“Two people are reported to have injuries, which are not believed to be life-threatening.”<\/p>\n
A Hato Hone St John spokesman said two people had been airlifted to Dunedin Hospital, one in a serious condition and the other in a moderate condition.<\/p>\n
Police said there was a cordon in place near Aparima St, and they were making inquiries into the incident.<\/p>\n
They did not believe there was any risk to the public, but people were asked to avoid the area.<\/p>\n
An Otago Daily Times reporter at the scene said attention appeared to be focused on a unit on a rear section in Aparima St.<\/p>\n
Two ambulances and one police car remined on the scene and an armed police officer had also been seen standing guard on the driveway.<\/p>\n
A St John spokesman earlier said said three ambulances, two operations managers and two helicopters responded.<\/p>\n
A neighbour said there was “always things going on” in the property, in a small block of rental units.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know if they’re crackheads or something,” he said.<\/p>\n
Police were “always in and out”, and there had been a 3am incident a couple of weeks ago involving police.<\/p>\n
Another neighbour told the Otago Daily Times they had heard no sirens this evening.<\/p>\n
It was only when a police officer knocked on their door they noticed anything had happened.<\/p>\n
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