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Fugitive father Tom Phillips has been shot dead by police with his children found safe after four years on the run. ‌

New Zealand police confirmed the kids were discovered at a campsite around 4.30pm on Monday, describing them as safe and well. ‌

Phillips was gunned down earlier that day while allegedly carrying out a burglary. ‌

A witness raised the alarm around 2:30am after spotting two figures - believed to be Tom Phillips and his 12-year-old daughter Jayda - in "farm clothing," and headlamps raiding PGG Wrightson, a rural supply store in Piopio, western Waikato, New Zealand.

The pair fled on a quad bike but were intercepted an hour later, around 33km away on Te Anga Road, where police deployed road spikes.

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