One person has died and multiple people have been injured after a shooting in the central Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn last night.

Police were called to Tuarangi Rd about 6.50pm following a report of a firearm being discharged.

A man at the scene told the Herald his grandson had been killed in the incident.

“I loved him. Loved him to bits,” he said.

The man said his daughter rang him to tell him what happened.

“She’s going to be devastated,” he said.

Police said in a statement that initial reports were that multiple people have been injured.

Armed police were quick to the scene. Photo / Hayden Woodward 

This morning, a wide police cordon stretches across the entrance to Tuarangi Rd while the investigations continue in the area.

A police van with forensic officers in overalls has arrived, while two armed police are standing guard at the scene. Multiple police vehicles are parked along the street, which intersects Great North Rd.

A blue police specialist search group tent is still erect outside a property on the street, where it was reported a firearm was discharged at 6.50pm.

Two people holding hands are sitting on plastic chairs in the rain at the edge of the cordon.

At least 15 police vehicles and multiple ambulances were seen shortly after the incident, with four armed officers standing guard at the cordon.

At the Great North Rd end of Tuarangi Rd last night, a group of about eight or nine people tearfully hugged one another just outside the cordon.

The police helicopter could be heard flying overhead.

Police cordons are in place on Tuarangi Rd, Grey Lynn, as emergency services respond to a reported shooting. Photo / Hayden Woodward 

Armed police stood guard as the Police Northern Specialist Search Group moved in on Tuarangi Rd. Photo / Hayden Woodward 

Armed police and a dog unit surrounded a block of flats and gained access to one of the units.

Police have erected a “specialist search group” tent.

St John sent two rapid response vehicles, three ambulances and an operations manager.

One resident of the road was last night told by police she couldn’t go home because of a “serious incident”.

Another reported seeing a body on the ground.

Police set up a tent on Tuarangi Rd following the shooting. Photo / Hayden Woodward 

Soon afterwards, a man showed up at the intersection of Tuarangi and Great North roads wanting to gain access to the crime scene.

He told police his son was dead and he wanted to see him.

A team of armed officers also carried out a search of a block of units flats north of the fatal shooting scene on Great North Road later tonight.

One person was detained at the address.

Armed police enter a house on Great North Rd as they investigate tonight's incident in which one person died and multiple people were injured. Photo / Hayden Woodward 

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