Reports of gunman lockdown Auckland schools

There was panic in Auckland's North Shore yesterday when five schools went into lockdown after reports of a gunman on the loose. Takapuna Grammar, Belmont Intermediate, Belmont Primary, Bayswater Primary, and Northcote Intermediate all hurried students inside and locked the doors as armed police decended on the area. Officers then surrounded a Belmont address for several hours but then withdrew, declaring there was no threat to the public. The question neighbours are now asking is: was there actually anyone in the house? In what police say was a separate incident around the same time in nearby Devonport, a car smashed into the back of another vehicle, with a man fleeing from the wreckage before being arrested. The incidents saw community social media groups and online comment sections awash with opinions and unsubstantiated claims. And as you'll hear, these caused more than a little worry for some locals ... One of them was Michelle Robson, who has two children at Takapuna Grammar