New Zealand police shooting: One officer dead and another seriously injured

An armed officer at the scene of the shooting

A police officer has been shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Auckland, New Zealand.

Another officer was seriously injured. The shooter fled the scene in a vehicle but it's not known if he's been caught.

Around four hours after the shooting, armed police stormed a house and arrested two "persons of interest", and found a firearm.

Police in New Zealand do not normally carry guns, and it is rare for officers to be killed in the line of duty.

According to the police, the last was in May 2009, when a senior constable was shot at a house in Napier while carrying out a routine search warrant.

What happened in the shooting?

At 10.28am, police saw a "vehicle of interest" in Massey, west Auckland, and attempted to stop it.

"Lights and sirens were activated and police attempted to follow the vehicle," said Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. "However the officers quickly lost sight of it."

A short time later, the vehicle was found "crashed into another vehicle". A member of the public suffered serious injuries - police originally said the injuries were not serious.

As police approached the vehicle of interest, a man got armed out with a "long-barrelled firearm".

An armed officer at the scene of the shooting

A police officer has been shot dead during a routine traffic stop in Auckland, New Zealand.

Another officer was seriously injured. The shooter fled the scene in a vehicle but it's not known if he's been caught.

Around four hours after the shooting, armed police stormed a house and arrested two "persons of interest", and found a firearm.

Police in New Zealand do not normally carry guns, and it is rare for officers to be killed in the line of duty.

According to the police, the last was in May 2009, when a senior constable was shot at a house in Napier while carrying out a routine search warrant.

What happened in the shooting?

At 10.28am, police saw a "vehicle of interest" in Massey, west Auckland, and attempted to stop it.

"Lights and sirens were activated and police attempted to follow the vehicle," said Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. "However the officers quickly lost sight of it."

A short time later, the vehicle was found "crashed into another vehicle". A member of the public suffered serious injuries - police originally said the injuries were not serious.

As police approached the vehicle of interest, a man got armed out with a "long-barrelled firearm".