Press Release – New Zealand Police
Police acknowledge a report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), which found that Police officers were justified in firing shots at a man who had fired a shotgun at Police multiple times during an incident on the Northern Motorway.
On October 19, 2018, Police detectives located a wanted man who had escaped from the Waitakere District Court, along with another man who was wanted to arrest, in Blockhouse Bay.
The man fired a shotgun at officers as the pair attempted to escape in a vehicle.
The Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) were called and these officers followed the vehicle as it travelled up the Northern Motorway.