Police acknowledge the findings released today by the Independent Police Conduct Authority that the shooting of a man at Vinegar Hill Camp Ground in Ohingaiti, Manawatu, on 19 December 2018 was justified.
Police responded to reports of a man behaving erratically and threatening his partner with a sawn-off rifle.
Local Police and the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) were dispatched to the campground.
During the incident the offender aimed the sawn-off rifle at Police. An officer then fired at the man, hitting him in the arm.
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