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Emergency services deal with an incident on Kimbolton Road, Feilding, related to shooting at the police.
A 30-year-old man who allegedly shot twice at police, sparking a chase through wider Manawatū, is handcuffed to a hospital bed and under police surveillance.
The man said nothing during a court appearance at Palmerston North Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
The man, who was granted name suppression, was arrested Monday night after a series of incidents in Horowhenua and Manawatū that day.
Police said a man was seen driving erratically in Foxton at 5.30 p.m. and did not stop when prompted.
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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.
That man then drove back and shot an officer, but his shot missed.
The gunman hijacked a vehicle in Foxton Beach before driving to Feilding, where he fired again at police before crashing into a patrol car on Kimbolton Rd.
The firefighters removed him from the vehicle and took him to the hospital in serious condition shortly after 7:30 p.m.
The defendant was in obvious pain during his brief court appearance Tuesday when court personnel, a police prosecutor, on-duty attorney Tim Hesketh and Judge Jonathan Krebs crowded into the man’s hospital room.
He had bandages on his right arm and thumb, while a tube ran from his stomach.
His left wrist was handcuffed to his bed.
He faces seven charges: using a weapon against police in Foxton and Feilding, failing to stop for police in both cities, aggravated robbery of a Mazda in Foxton, illegally carrying a cut-off .22 pistol and reckless driving.
The summary of the facts, a document detailing his alleged crimes, lay under a tray with his uneaten lunch; an apple, an unused briefcase, and a half-empty jug and cup of water.
Hesketh said he had explained the nature of the charges to the man, who had requested legal aid but not bail.
Hesketh requested that the man’s name be suppressed until his next appearance in late January.
The man nodded when the judge explained how he would remain in detention.
The judge suppressed the reasons for the suppression of the name.
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Police invade Kimbolton Rd on the outskirts of Feilding.
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 the house when a car swerved in front of her and forced 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] the gun never pointed it.
Inspector Nigel Allan, Acting Central District Commander, said the ordeal had been an extraordinarily difficult and dangerous situation for staff.
