Armed police storm Auckland house after officer shot dead

Armed police have stormed a house in West Auckland after an officer was shot dead today.

Shortly before 2.30pm police moved to the house on Rena Place in West Harbour slowly behind their vehicle and are now surrounding it.

They have been in the street for about an hour.

Police could be heard telling someone to come out.

The police moved on the house with their shield up.

New Zealand’s Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said this afternoon that an officer died after two were shot in Massey today.

Shots were fired, officers were hit and a member of the public was hit and injured by a vehicle after police performed a routine traffic stop on Reynella Drive.

It has been 11 years since a police officer was killed in the line of duty in New Zealand.

[Source: NZ Herald]