Overview

• Early Monday local time, officers responding to a reported burglary near Piopio used road spikes to stop a quad bike, and the first attending officer was shot at close range.
• A second officer fired, killing the suspect, whom police say they believe is Tom Phillips, with formal identification still pending.
• One child was located at the scene and a second person was detained, as multiple firearms were found on and around the quad bike.
• The wounded officer was airlifted to Waikato Hospital for surgery and was reported to be conscious and talking.
• Police say the incident followed recent CCTV that they believe showed Phillips and a child burglarizing a Piopio shop and fleeing on a quad bike.