Suspect was shot down by police
In September 2021, Tom Phillips disappeared with his three children in New Zealand for the first time. Twenty days later, he returned home without explaining the disappearance, having been accused of provoking a waste in the affectation of police resources and expenses.
But before going to court, in December 2021 he disappeared again with his children. And only this Monday, almost four years later, the children were found ,.
Tom Phillips, who had robbed an agricultural store on Monday morning, was shot down by police.
Police reveal that they shot the man after a robbery in Piopio in the morning.
“The man, who confronted the police after his quadable motorcycle was damaged, fired at the agents. An agent was hit in the upper body, causing serious injuries. Police fired again, hitting the armed man who died on the scene. Formal identification has not yet been completed, but the police believe that the man has been on the run with his children since December 2021. Child, who was not injured in the incident “, reads the note released on Facebook.
Searches for children started in 2021
Jayda, Maverick and Ember Phillips have been missing with his father, Thomas Phillips, since December 2021. New Zealand police
In December 2021, Thomas Phillips disappeared with his children – Jayda, Maverick and Embber, 9.10 and 12 – for a remote area of the North Island. Over the course of four years, the police sought by four, responding to several sightings, but to no avail.
On the morning of Monday, police were called for a robbery to a Poipoi agricultural store store in Waikato, near where Phillips has hidden.
The man, who carried one of his children with him, was seen to leave the city by a rolling road, having been chased by police, who managed to stop the suspect about 30 kilometers using caterpillars. When stopped, Phillips fired on the police, having been shot down by an agent who arrived at the scene shortly thereafter.
The agent was in serious condition and had to be taken by air to the Waikato Hospital.
The child was under the custody of the police and gave information that allowed the authorities to find the other two children alone in a remote campsite in the middle of the dense bush near the small rural town of Marokopa, on the rugged western coast of the Waikato region, New Zealand.
“They are now with police officers and are being removed from the scene. I can confirm that the children are well and without injury, and will be taken to a place tonight for medical examinations,” interim deputy commercial Jill Rogers said to journalists on Monday afternoon.
