A tragic end in the wilderness — gunfire, heartbreak, and survival after a New Zealand father dies in a standoff, while hiding in the bush with his three children for four years. After vanishing into the New Zealand bush with his three children, Tom Phillips's four-year-long flight from justice ended in gunfire, bloodshed, and a heartbreaking reunion. As police closed in, he opened fire in a violent confrontation that claimed his life. His children, miraculously, survived. Now, raw details are emerging in what's become one of the most harrowing and emotional manhunts in New Zealand's recent history — with family speaking out, forensics combing through a remote crime scene, and the nation asking: How did this happen? https://x.com/nypost/status/1964895536751808648?mWidth=350&mHeight=491&dWi

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