Armed police swarm Wellington's Vogeltown after person found critically injured

Sunday, 25 July 2021

Police swarm over Travers St, Vogeltown, Wellington, after a person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Several people were spoken to by police in the street. (First published July 2021).

A woman taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a reported shooting in Wellington has been stabilised, and is now in a “serious” condition.

Armed police swarmed a residential Wellington street after the woman was found critically injured at the property on Sunday afternoon.

Police were responding to reports of a shooting in Travers St, Vogeltown.

Armed police are blocking off Travers St in Vogeltown, Wellington, on Sunday afternoon.

The condition of the victim was changed to “serious” later Sunday, a spokeswoman for the Capital & Coast District Health Board said.

Travers St is a suburban cul-de-sac off Liardet St and during Sunday afternoon seven police cars could be seen in the area.

Police with guns stood guard as detectives investigated what had happened.

Police have swarmed a suburban street in Wellington city after a person was found with critical injuries in the area.

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Police swarmed over Travers St, Vogeltown, after a person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Several people were spoken to by police in the street.

A local resident said while the area could be busy because a lot of people used it to access MacAlister Park, it was usually quiet on a Sunday afternoon.

“At this time in the day it was pretty quiet, so it was alarming to suddenly see something like a dozen police vehicles up and down the road and armed cops striding up and down the street.

“It's not a crime hotspot so seeing any police here, let alone that many, is out of the ordinary.”

Seven police cars can be seen near a property where a person has been found with critical injuries.

Police are at the scene of an incident in Vogeltown.

Police could be seen talking to residents on Travers St, which remained closed for much of the afternoon.

“There are a couple of police cars in a V shape blocking off the road,” the resident said.

A Wellington Free Ambulance spokeswoman said one patient was taken to Wellington Regional Hospital about 3 o’clock.