Date Time NZ police acknowledge findings of IPCA report into non-fatal shooting on Auckland motorway 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.