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Papatoetoe police shooting: Dead man identified as Tangaru-Noere Turia
26 Feb, 2021 04:50 AM
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Papatoetoe police shooting: Gunman s behaviour erratic in moments leading to shooting.
NZ Herald
Police have identified the man as Tangaru-Noere Turia, 34.
Turia had been deported from Australia as a 501 deportee in 2017. The law allows for people convicted or suspected of crimes to be kicked out of the country.
Police earlier said Turia fired at a neighbour s window before a stand-off.
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He was currently facing active criminal charges but police will not divulge what these were.
The armed offenders squad and the Eagle helicopter responded and cordons were activated in the South Auckland neighbourhood.
Papatoetoe police shooting: Exasperated community leader s cry - there has to be hope
25 Feb, 2021 10:33 PM
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Papatoetoe police shooting: Gunman s behaviour erratic in moments leading to shooting.
NZ Herald
A South Auckland community leader is left wondering what needs to happen for gun violence to be eradicated from his hard-hit suburb.
Manukau ward councillor Alf Filipaina struggled to find the words to express his sadness and exasperation after a man lost his life in yet another shooting incident overnight.
An armed man was shot by police after a stand-off at a home in Avis Ave, Papatoetoe.
Police have revealed when he eventually came out of his home, he was brandishing his weapon at officers who shot him. Despite emergency surgery the man died in Middlemore Hospital.
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