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<\/p>\nA wanted man who was armed with a shotgun is in Waikato Hospital after being shot by police in Hamilton this morning.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to reports of an allegedly stolen vehicle driving erratically on Cambridge Rd in Te Awamutu just before 9am, Inspector Will Loughrin said. <\/p>\n
“Initial information suggested the driver was wanted by police in relation to prior serious incidents.”<\/p>\n
Police units were sent to Ulster St, where the vehicle was seen trying to leave a carpark.<\/p>\n
As officers stopped the vehicle from leaving, the man presented a shotgun. <\/p>\n
“Police appealed for the man to put the shotgun down, which he failed to do,” Loughrin said.<\/p>\n
“An officer then fired two shots at the offender.”<\/p>\n
The man, who police say was wanted in relation to prior serious incidents, had allegedly pointed a shotgun at police. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
Officers provided immediate medical assistance before St John staff took the man to hospital, where he remained in a moderate condition.<\/p>\n
“His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening,” Loughrin said. <\/p>\n
A 29-year-old woman in the vehicle, who was also wanted in relation to a serious incident, was uninjured and taken into custody at the scene.<\/p>\n
“Thankfully, no police staff were injured in this incident.”<\/p>\n
Loughrin later confirmed in a press conference the man was “wanted in relation to serious violent offending” which took place on January 29.<\/p>\n
He described the shot man as a 40-year-old patched gang member “with prior violent convictions”.<\/p>\n
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Police cordons were in place on Ulster and Abbotsford streets in the central suburb of Whitiora. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Members of the public were advised to avoid the area as road closures were expected to remain in place for several hours.<\/p>\n
“We want to reassure the community that there is no ongoing public safety risk following this incident,” he said. <\/p>\n
Police were carrying out reassurance patrols around the area and people could expect an increased police presence in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Support would be provided to the attending officers.<\/p>\n
A critical incident investigation into the incident was underway.<\/p>\n
The incident would also be referred to the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), as was standard procedure for any incident involving a police shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wanted man who was armed with a shotgun is in Waikato Hospital after being shot by police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,9001,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-266557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-crime-and-justice","9":"tag-hamilton-waikato","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}