22 Jun 2020

'Nobody should have that happen to them' - west Auckland mourns killed policeman

From Checkpoint, 5:37 pm on 22 June 2020

Tributes continue to flow today for Constable Matthew Hunt, the police officer shot dead in Auckland on Friday morning.

The 28-year-old was killed and another officer shot in a hail of bullets during a traffic stop in Massey.

The surviving officer, who was shot in his leg, was discharged from hospital yesterday while a pedestrian hit by a car remains in hospital.

Anneke Smith reports.