Four teenagers have been taken into custody after reports of gunfire in a small town near the site of the Wieambilla shooting in December.

Police declared an emergency in Tara, west of Brisbane, and enforced an exclusion zone over several blocks in the town centre at 5.30pm on Wednesday.

It followed reports of shots being fired, with police saying a citizen’s car had been hit on Smallcombe Street.

Four teenagers were taken into custody — aged 14, 15, 16 and 16 — and are assisting police with their investigation.

Police said the teens were found at a Tara residence on Wednesday night and taken into custody without incident.

The emergency declaration was revoked and no one was injured.

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Tara is about 40km from the town of Wieambilla, the scene of a deadly ambush that ended with the deaths of six people in December 2022.

Queensland Police Constables Matthew Arnold, 26 and Rachel McCrow, 29, were shot dead after pulling up to a rural property for a welfare check.

Neighbour Alan Dare was also gunned down in a confrontation sparked when conspiracy theorists Gareth Train, his partner Stacey Train and brother Nathaniel Train opened fire upon their approach.

The trio were later shot dead by police.

-AAP