6 Jan 2017

Police shoot man in Whanganui

9:23 pm on 6 January 2017

Police have shot a man while attending a family violence incident in Whanganui.

A police car outside a cordon in South Auckland

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Police said they were called to the incident in Aramoho shortly after 7pm.

They said the man aimed a firearm at officers and was shot by a member of the Armed Offenders Squad.

Police said he was receiving medical treatment.