Charge of threatening to kill after reports of firearm use

Armed police at the intersection of Corrigall and White Rds near Omakau yesterday afternoon,...
Armed police at the intersection of Corrigall and White Rds near Omakau yesterday afternoon, responding to reports of a man with a firearm. Photo: Tom Kitchin
A man has been charged with threatening to kill after a firearm incident in Omakau.

The  22-year-old will appear in the Queenstown District Court today.

Police surrounded the township after they were told of firearm use at 2.53pm yesterday.

The man was in a rural area, west of the Omakau township.

A police statement at 7.51pm last night said the incident had been resolved.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

St John spokeswoman Jennifer Porter said an ambulance was called to the scene at 4.45pm on stand-by.

However, the ambulance was not needed.

tom.kitchin@odt.co.nz

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