Armed police staking out Gore house after gunshot heard inside

The Armed Offenders Squad is in attendance at a house in Gore where a gunshot was heard this evening. Photo/NZHerald

Armed police have spent three hours attempting to get into a house in Gore after a person inside fired a gun this evening.

A southern police spokesman said police were called to the residential property in Gore around 8.15pm but had not been able to reach the occupant.

It was not clear whether there were other people in the house. The Armed Offenders Squad was in attendance, the spokesman said.