POLICE have cordoned off a street as part of an ongoing investigation with forensic officer on the scene.
Emergency services were called to St Hilda’s Avenue in Wallsend at around 2pm on Monday.
An air ambulance and paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service were also dispatched to the incident.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to an incident at a private address in Wallsend at 2.20pm this afternoon.
"We dispatched one ambulance crew, two crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team and requested support from Great North Air Ambulance."
Northumbria Police has not yet revealed details of the investigation.
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