Slain New Zealand father kept bushland hideout with weapons, police say | Crime News

Tom Phillips was shot dead by police after nearly four years on the run with his three children.

A New Zealand father who was killed by police while on the run with his three children had been hiding at a makeshift bushland campsite stocked with weapons and ammunition, police have said.

Tom Phillips, who absconded with his three children in 2021 amid a custody dispute with his former partner, was killed on Monday after being confronted by police following a…