POLICE have locked down a school as they hunt two armed gunmen in Cairns. Officers are investigating reports at least one man was armed with a double-barrel shotgun. About 2.30pm, they set up a cordon and blocked access to St Andrew's Catholic College in Redlynch. It has caused traffic chaos for anxious parents in the neighbourhood for the 3pm pick-up. The Cairns Post reported the lockdown came after a man was attacked in his home at Brinsmead about 2.30pm. Armed police have swooped on Shale St at Brinsmead where the attack took place. They were looking for two men in their mid-20s, dressed in black, wearing balaclavas and believed to be armed with a single barrel shotgun and a pistol. The college was placed in lockdown after reports the gunmen were in canefields behind the school. Police were also looking for a white 2000 Holden Commodore car, the Post reported. An unconfirmed eyewitness, who did not wish to be named, reported police had drawn their guns outside a Redlynch daycare centre at about 2.45pm when they arrested one man. Read more at The Cairns Post