By Lucy Craymer

WELLINGTON - A New Zealand father who had been on the run with his three children for nearly four years was shot dead by police on Monday and the children are all safe in custody, police said.

Tom Phillips disappeared with his children, now aged 9, 10, and 12, in late 2021 in a case that has made national headlines over his ability to evade arrest.

A police officer was shot several times with a high-powered rifle and seriously injured in the attempt to arrest Phillips, New Zealand police acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers said at a press conference.

Police were alerted to a robbery at a store in a small rural town in the region of Waikato around 2:30 a.m. (1430 GMT Sunday) and laid spikes on the road to stop the suspects - Phillips and one of his children - were exp

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