A New Zealand father who had been on the run with his three children for nearly four years was shot dead by police after robbing a farm supply store, police have said.

PIOPIO, New Zealand: A New Zealand father who spent nearly four years on the run with his children was killed in a police shootout on Monday (Sep 8), authorities said.Tom Phillips, who absconded with his three children in December 2021 after a row with his former partner, died in the rolling hill country of t

Tom Phillips, who vanished with his three children in 2021, was killed after he shot a police officer on Monday, the authorities said. His children were found safe and unharmed.

WELLINGTON -A New Zealand father who had been on the run with his three children for nearly four years was shot dead by police on Monday after robbing a farm supply store, police said. Tom Phillips disappeared with his three children, now aged 9, 10, and 12, in late 2021 in a case that has made national headlines over his ability to evade arrest. A police officer was shot and seriously injured in the attempt to arrest Phillips, New Zealand police acting deputy commissioner Jill Rogers said at a press conference.

Tom Phillips was killed in a gunfight that left an officer critically injured, but his three children were found safe.

A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found in the…