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Police event on Kimbolton Road, Feilding
A 30-year-old man who allegedly shot police twice from a car, causing a chaotic chase through Manawatū, is in stable condition at the hospital.
He sustained injuries when he crashed a stolen vehicle into a police car after passing over spikes in Feilding on Monday night.
Police report that they noticed the man driving erratically in Foxton at 5.30pm, but did not stop when prompted. He then drove back and fired a shot at an officer, but missed.
The gunman then hijacked a second vehicle in Foxton Beach and drove to Feilding, where he fired again at police moments before crashing into a patrol car on Kimbolton Rd outside of town.
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Richard Calverley
A police event in Feilding resulted in a collision of a police car and another car, shots were fired at the scene.
Firefighters removed him from the vehicle and took him to Palmerston North Hospital in serious condition shortly after 7:30 p.m.
The woman forced out of her car on Foxton Beach was accosted by Stuff, but did not want to comment.
A family member, who did not want to be identified, said in a message that her cousin was leaving home when a car swerved in front of her, forcing her to stop.
The driver approached her, gun pointed at the ground, and opened the door.
“He saw the gun and asked what he had done wrong. He said, ‘nothing, I just need your car.’ She jumped, he jumped, handed him her bag and her phone, and he left.
“The gun was never pointed at her.”
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Police invade Kimbolton Rd on the outskirts of Feilding.
Acting Central District Commander Inspector Nigel Allan said the ordeal had been an extraordinarily difficult and dangerous situation for staff who faced a highly mobile criminal who allegedly fired a firearm twice at police and used it to commit a robbery.
Police said the weapon had been found. The man is expected to face several serious charges.
