Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion

[Virgil]

looks like the game of hide and seek is over..

Sep 7  /  New Zealand, Waikato News

Fugitive Tom Phillips shot dead, officer shot in head during stand-off, 2 children still missing

A person was interrupted in the middle of a burglary and was shot by police.

[JK]

Yep. Full details at 11am apparently.

[JK]

Nz herald reporting that sister has confirmed Tom is the deceased

[JK]

Assume the other person in custody is the oldest kid? Could be hard to find them otherwise

[taniwharugby]

@JK which makes you wonder where the other kids are?

sad end, I'd wager the kids most likely wanted to be with thier dad, but now, the very thing he seemingly was on the run for, is the most likely outcome...but then you cant go around breaking into places, this was always a possbility, especially if he is shooting cops.

[JK]

Yeah a very sad end, well near end. Still gotta find the other kids.

One police officer shot in the head and in critical condition.

[Kiwiwomble]

a bit disconnected from this being in Aus, i hadnt realised he was armed and would fire at police, will have to read up a bit more

[Virgil]

@Kiwiwomble said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

a bit disconnected from this being in Aus, i hadnt realised he was armed and would fire at police, will have to read up a bit more

He has been suspected to have committed a few local burglaries.
Worse thing is he had been taking one of his kids along with him.

Hopefully they find the other 2 kids and the cop who was shot pulls through

[Virgil]

scene where it all happened, check out the gun shots on that front police car.

[Donsteppa]

I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.

[Virgil]

@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.

reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.

[chimoaus]

@Virgil Yes, he clearly did not want to be caught and to fire that many rounds at Police showed he was clearly unwell and to do that in front of their child and put them at risk? Thoughts are with the officer who was shot.

[chimoaus]

The horrible thought was if the child had been shot accidentally whilst Police were firing on the offender. Thankfully that didn't happen but it was a real possibility.

[taniwharugby]

Can understand the frustration/ anger at the whole system re the custody and that side, which is supposedly why he went on the run...but the burglaries and now shooting a cop, this was never gonna end well.

[voodoo]

was he a bad egg pre-going on the run / the custody stuff? Or did that start a spiral? That's not meant to be an excuse btw, just curious as to the timeline

[chimoaus]

@voodoo Yeah I wonder how much conspiracy theory and hatred of government and authority has changed with the internet. Australia have had QLD, Tassie and now Victoria where Police have been shot by males who for whatever reason believe they have been unfairly targeted and hate the govt which leads them to believing violence against Police is the only course of action.

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.

reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.

The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.

[taniwharugby]

@MN5 ignoring the fact he shot a cop, somethign that doesnt seem to have any headlines.

[Virgil]

@MN5 said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.

reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.

The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.

yup. completely ignoring the fact that their local hero opened fire on the police with one of his kids right there with him.

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

@MN5 said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

@Virgil said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

@Donsteppa said in Tom Phillips - NZ hide and seek champion:

I'd like to think that even the usual ferals on social media might think twice after that photo.

reading the comments in the NZ Herald FB post is quite depressing and unsurprising at the same time
Its like hes some kind of hero now martyr.
He was and is not ever a victim, those poor kids are though.

The old ‘why didn’t they just shoot him to wound him’ brigade are out in full force as usual.

yup. completely ignoring the fact that their local hero opened fire on the police with one of his kids right there with him.

Police should be monitoring FB as some of the comments are beyond feral.

Freedom of speech and all of that but I can’t believe what some folk say on very public forums.