Tauranga shooting of a man in defence of hostages justified - IPCA
Thursday, 17 December, 2020 - 10:03 The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police were justified in shooting a man on 24 November 2019, because he posed a lethal and imminent threat to one of his daughters who he was holding hostage. At about 2.55pm on Sunday 24 November 2019, Mr W was shot dead by Police in Tauranga. He had held his two daughters, aged six and four, hostage for the preceding 15 hours. Police were called to the address by Mr W’s partner, who had managed to escape from the house. The initial Police responders found Mr W barricaded in the wardrobe of an...
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