The fugitive father who runs with children for years was found, and shot before the police in New Zealand – my country

A Fugitive The father, who was Fugitive with his three children Since 2021 in the remote New Zealand countryside, he was shot by a police officer on Monday, To enforce local law.

The desired man, Tom PhilipsHe was with one child during the confrontation. Two other children were found in the forests hours after the shooting, where an officer was seriously injured.

In December 2021, their investigators from Philips and his children – now around 9, 10 and 11 years – have confused years while they were roaming in the dense forest area where they believed that the family was hiding. It was not believed that the father and children had traveled away from the rural settlement on the isolated northern island in Marukuba, where they lived, but the reliable scenes of them were rare.

The police responded to a storm in an agricultural store in a small rural town, which led to the confrontation with Philips, who left a serious injury after he was shot in the head, according to Acting Police Commissioner Jill Rogers.

The child was held with Philips at the time of robbery.

Rogers told reporters that the officer was undergoing surgery in the hospital and his injuries to survive. She added that the officer was shot “several times with a high -power gun” and more surgeries were expected to be performed.

Rogers said that the location of two other children in Philips was not immediately known after the shooting, and that the authorities had serious concerns about them.

About 13 hours after their father was killed, Rogers told the correspondents that the children Found Not accompanied by a distant camp site in the rough forests. Rogers said that the child who was held on Monday cooperated with the authorities, which allowed him to narrow the search area.

“This is the result of incredible work by the police who had to face a very dangerous situation and difficult conditions earlier this morning and throughout the day,” Police Commissioner said Richard Chambers. “I want to acknowledge our shot colleague and face a long recovery. I will arrive in New Zealand late tonight and travel to Wikato the first thing in the morning.”

The mother of the children issued a statement of New Zealand Radio on Monday, saying that she “felt very comfortable” because the “ordeal” of her children had ended.

“I have been missing every day for nearly four years, and we are looking forward to welcoming them at home with love and care.”

“At the same time, we are sad about how events are evolved today. We have always been a peaceful and safe children to be returned to all concerned.”

In March, officials announced that they would be Research in rural societies around and around In the remote waikato area on the northern island in New Zealand, the region that Philips and his children The last time was monitored and it was believed to be hidden.

The targeted agricultural supply store is located in the theft in the same small city in the agricultural area of ​​Waikato.

The preceding scenes of Phips were limited to monitoring clips, which showed that he was committing crimes in the region. He was required to steal an armed bank in May 2023, accompanied by one of his children, which was reported to be shot at a audience.

Philips fled with his children – Eber, Mobile and Jaida – to Wikato immediately before Christmas in 2021. Fighting with the mother of children Shortly before disappearing.

The authorities said that children have not been able to reach official education or health care since their disappearance.

The law is always believed that Phillips had help to hide his family. A bonus of $ 80,000 New Zealand ($ 47,000), a large amount according to New Zealand standards, was offered for information about the family’s place last June, but it was never paid to anyone.

December 2021 was not the first time that Philips asked the headlines of the national news newspapers after he disappeared with his children. The family was lost in September, when it was launched in search of a three -week land and sea after a deserted Philips truck was found on Berri beach near the place where he lived.

The authorities canceled the search after concluding that the family might have died, before Philips and his children appeared from the forest, where he said they were hurting. He was charged with wasting the police resources and was scheduled to appear before the court in January 2022, but weeks before the court’s history, he and the children disappeared again.

The police did not launch another search immediately because Philips claimed that he was taking children on another camping trip.

The search for Philips began and his children began again after reporting several scenes from Philips.

Last October, New Zealand Herld Video footage of Philip and his children were takenIt is believed that it is the first vision of all three children at the same time.

The video showed all the quadruple committee wearing camouflaged and carrying the large camps through a group of rugged agricultural lands.

The mother of the children, who last time they saw in 2021, told Herald that she was “comfortable” to know that they are alive.

She said, “I am very happy because they are all there.” “I am very comfortable seeing every three of my children. They are all alive.”

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– With files from Global News and Assocated Press

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