Fugitive Father Tom Phillips Shot Dead After Four Years on the Run
A man who had been hiding in New Zealand’s wilderness with his three children for nearly four years has been shot dead by police. Tom Phillips, who vanished with his children in late 2021, had managed to evade capture despite a nationwide search and several reported sightings. His disappearance became one of the country’s most gripping and enduring mysteries. According to police, Phillips was killed during a shoot-out around 2:30am local time on Monday (14:30 GMT Sunday) in Piopio, a small town in northern New Zealand. A police officer was seriously injured after being shot in the head during the confrontation. Authorities said officers were responding to a robbery at a commercial property when Phillips and one of his children were spotted on a quad bike. Police pursued them and deployed road spikes. The bike hit the spikes, veered off-road, […]