Police can confirm the offender involved in this morning's shooting incident in Napier is currently contained within a house on Bluff Hill.
The area is cordoned off by the Armed Offenders Squad.
Police do not believe there is anyone else in the house with the offender.
Police are talking to other individuals who were in the house with the offender earlier this morning.
Police can also confirm that a member of the public was shot and seriously injured during this morning's incident.
Two officers were injured and a third officer is unaccounted for at this stage.
Police are asking people to keep away from the Bluff Hill area of Napier.
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