The Armed Offenders Squad was “aware and monitoring, though isn’t on the ground at this time”.
Police cordons were set up at the intersection of Susan St and near Gem St, a Rotorua Daily Post photographer said. It’s understood these are no longer in place.
A witness who drove down Clayton Rd before the cordons went up said she saw several police officers with rifles and about six police cars in the area.
The witness, who would not be named, said there were police officers with “guns out” outside a house and a woman was coming out “shaking her hands … up in the air”.
