Flat Bush home invasion leaves one person injured; two men on the run

Police are currently investigating a firearms-related incident at Chianti Close in Flat Bush. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Two men are on the run after smashing their way into a South Auckland home with a firearm and injuring an occupant.

Police say they were called at 10.18pm to the violent aggravated robbery in a Flat Bush property.

Police received a call stating two men armed with a firearm had smashed their way into a Chianti Close address and seriously assaulted a person living at the home.

The men reportedly assaulted the victim before taking a couple of items and fleeing the address in a vehicle before officers arrived, a police spokesperson said.

A man was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

A woman living in the home, who did not want to be named, told RNZ she had been shaken by the incident, which she believed was a “random event”.

“Someone came in with weapons and just smashed through the door and that’s all we really know. We don’t want to say too much.”

The woman told RNZ she had been living at the house for nine years and it was a “very safe and quiet street” usually.

“We’ve never experienced anything like this and neither have any of our neighbours.”

A violent aggravated robbery in Flat Bush left one person injured. Photo / Hayden Woodward

Police found a vehicle a short time later that may be linked, and it has since been towed for forensic examination.

Police were now working to identify and find those responsible, said the spokesperson.

The victim was taken to hospital with moderate injuries. Photo / Hayden Woodward

The incident comes a month after an Auckland man allegedly used a screwdriver and a torch as weapons during a home invasion in West Auckland.

The 36-year-old Henderson man was arrested after more than two weeks on the run following the home invasion in Delwood Ave where he attacked a woman in her 80s on June 27.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police via the 105 phone service, quoting job number P059453110.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.