# A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead by police. Thomas Phillips and the children, between nine and 12, had been evading police in a remote part of North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation. Their time on the run ended in the early hours of today when police responded to a break-in at a farm shop in a rural town and gave chase. His three children are now in police custody.
Police shoot dead fugitive father, find his three missing children in wilderness