Wednesday 17 May 2017

Siege at Laguna comes to a peaceful end

BY JESSICA ROUSE

An eight hour siege at Laguna, south west of Cessnock came to a peaceful end at around 6:30 this morning.

Police were called to Murrays Run Road at about 10pm last night responding to reports of a domestic incident and shots being fired.

Police arrived to find a man armed refusing to come out of the house.

A perimeter was established in the area and specialist police were called to the scene to assist officers from Central Hunter Local Area Command.

A man was taken into custody and a number of firearms have been secured by police.

A woman who was reportedly inside the home at the time is assisting police with investigations.