Toowoomba lockdown: Residents warned to stay inside as police negotiate with allegedly armed man

Streets locked down as specialist police negotiate with an armed man in suburban siege

Queensland Police have established an emergency zone in regional Toowoomba
It is understood two men are inside a Park St home and armed with a firearm
Police made an emergency declaration shortly before midday on Wednesday 

By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:01 EST, 21 December 2022 | Updated: 01:55 EST, 21 December 2022

Residents of a regional town west of Brisbane have been warned to stay inside as police negotiate with a man they believe is in possession of a firearm. 

Queensland Police made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) in Toowoomba shortly before midday on Wednesday.

Police arrived to search the Newtown property at about 10.45am. The reason for the search is not yet known.

Police have advised resident inside the Toowoomba emergency zone (above in blue) to stay indoors as negotiations continue with allegedly armed man

#BREAKING: Specialist police have arrived at the scene of a standoff unfolding at a Toowoomba home after officers executing a search warrant encountered a man believed to be armed with a firearm.  

Officers began negotiating with the man upon arrival. It is understood another man is also inside the home.

Police declared an emergency situation just before 12pm and warned residents in Tor Street, Park Street and Dalmany Street to stay indoors.

Officers evacuated some residents from Park Street and said more will be moved from the area if necessary.

All roads heading into the emergency zone have been closed.

Some residents around the Park St (above) home have been evacuated as negotiations continue

It comes as Queensland Police hold the funeral for officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold who were fatally shot some 185km northwest of Toowoomba in Wieambilla.

McCrow and Arnold were two of four officers sent to search the property for missing man Nathaniel Train.

However, Train, his brother and his brother's wife Stacey shot at officers as they came towards the property's home.

The two deceased officers were farewelled at a public funeral on Wednesday.