A man was shot in the shoulder by police in Wellington this afternoon after allegedly threatening residents with a “large, bladed” weapon and barricading himself inside a home.<\/p>\n
The incident prompted a major armed police response, including the use of pepper spray, tasers, and a police dog, before the man was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Police were called at around 12.35pm to Anne St in the suburb of Wadestown after a report of a man entering a house with a large, bladed weapon and attempting to steal a vehicle.<\/p>\n
When confronted by the occupants, he allegedly began damaging the property, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Officers arriving at the scene deployed pepper spray to subdue the man, who then retreated into a room and refused to come out.<\/p>\n
Police say the man became increasingly violent and continued to pose a threat while still armed. <\/p>\n
Pepper spray and tasers were used, but when the situation escalated further, a single shot was fired by a police officer.<\/p>\n
The armed offenders squad and police negotiation team were called in, and the man was taken into custody with the assistance of a police dog at around 2.20pm.<\/p>\n
Police said he was taken to hospital to receive treatment for a dog bite, where he will remain under police guard. He also sustained a “superficial injury” to his shoulder, believed to be as a result of the shot fired.<\/p>\n
Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said it was a “fast-moving situation” involving a violent offender.<\/p>\n
“We are fortunate this incident was resolved with no injury to our staff or members of the public.”<\/p>\n
Parnell said the victims of the initial burglary as well as staff involved would receive support.<\/p>\n
A scene examination was underway and police said the public can expect an increased presence in the area. <\/p>\n
The matter would be referred to the Independent Police Conduct Authority, as is standard procedure when a firearm is discharged.<\/p>\n
Charges were being considered and would follow in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was shot in the shoulder by police in Wellington this afternoon after allegedly threatening residents with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,111,43,139,69,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-47790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-crime-and-justice","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-wellington"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47790","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=47790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}