Suspect on run after 2 New Zealand officers shot and injured

New Zealand police were carrying out a routine traffic stop Friday morning when a person began firing at them before driving away. They said the suspect's vehicle hit a bystander, who was injured. The suspect is on the run.

Wellington: New Zealand police say two officers have been shot and seriously injured in Auckland and a suspect is on the run.

Police said they were carrying out a routine traffic stop Friday morning when a person began firing at them before driving away. They said the suspect's vehicle hit a bystander, who was injured.

Schools in the area have been put into lockdown and police have set up road cordons. They have advised people to stay away.

Witness Elaine Taniela said that she was at home when she heard gunshots. She said a friend who was on his way to her house at the time described seeing an officer on the ground shaking as if he was having a seizure.

Armed police watch as an ambulance leaves the scene of a shooting incident following a routine traffic stop in Auckland

New Zealand last year enacted new gun control laws banning the deadliest types of semiautomatic weapons after a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers.

Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city, with about 1.7 million people.

(With inputs from AP)