New Zealand police say one officer has been shot and killed and a second shot and injured in Auckland, and that the suspect is on the run. Police say they were carrying out a routine traffic stop when a person began firing at them before driving away.
Armed police gather at the scene of a shooting incident following a routine traffic stop in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, June 19, 2020. New Zealand police say a few officers have been shot and seriously injured and a suspect is on the run.
Police said officers were carrying out a routine traffic stop when they pulled over a car carrying two people. One of them used a long-barreled gun to begin firing at the officers before the car sped away, police said. They said the car hit a bystander, who was also injured. He said the officers weren’t carrying guns. New Zealand police do not routinely carry guns but typically have them available in the trunk of their vehicles.“This is a shocking situation,” Coster told media. “It is the worst news police, and police officers’ families, can ever receive in the course of what we do.”
Eight schools in the area were put into lockdown, Coster said, and police set up road cordons. They advised people to stay away.
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