Three people have been confirmed dead by the New Zealand police after it responded Thursday to reports of shots being fired in a building in downtown Auckland, the city where the first game of the Women's World Cup will be played later in the day.
Police said the situation had been contained to a single building that was under construction in lower Queen Street, close to a World Cup fan zone that had not opened for the day. Police were urging people to avoid the area or stay inside their buildings if already there.
"Police have contained a serious incident that unfolded at a construction site in Auckland's CBD this morning," New Zealand police tweeted.