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Anger over 'suicide by police'

Wellington : New Zealand | 4 months ago  
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The death of disabled gunman Shayne Richard Sime was a "classic case of suicide by police", the police union says. Firearms, and offenders willing to use them, were now a fact of New Zealand policing, Police Association president Greg O'Connor said. Sime, 42, was shot and killed by police after he told...
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  • News Source: Xtra News | 4 months ago
    The family of Burnside gunman Shayne Richard Sime has apologised to everyone affected by his Sunday night rampage in which more than 100 shots were fired from his home before police shot him dead. A friend of the family, Ann Hicks, read a statement...
  • News Source: Xtra News | 4 months ago
    Residents of the Christchurch cul-de-sac at the centre of Sunday's shooting have been allowed briefly to return to their homes. About 40 residents were evacuated when wheelchair gunman Shayne Sime went on a shooting spree from his Wadhurst Place home...
  • News Source: Japan Today | 4 months ago
    New Zealand — A gunman in a wheelchair who fired at his neighborhood more than 100 times with a shotgun and high-powered rifle was shot dead by police after he wounded two people, police said Monday. Police shot Shane Sime in his home Sunday night...
  • News Source: Xtra News | 4 months ago
    The scene of the police shooting in Christchurch continues to be searched. Paraplegic Shayne Sime was shot dead on Sunday night after indiscriminately firing a shotgun and rifle around his neighbourhood in Burnside. Detective Superintendent Brett...

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