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Investigators and police work inside the cordon at the scene of a fatal shootout with police in Hamilton. These investigations would be conducted predominantly through search warrants, which he expects will continue until “they are out of circulation”. He said police were continuing to look into the final details of how the event unfolded. The police officer who fell over and banged his head during the incident had undergone surgery and remains in Waikato Hospital in a stable condition. An autopsy had begun on Friday and police will release the name of the man who died once formal identification is complete.
Press Release – Waikato Breast Cancer Trust
The Waikato Breast Cancer Research Trust is celebrating a hat-trick of milestones. The Trust marks its 21st birthday with a gala celebration next month, is about to have a name change, and welcomes its inaugural patron.
The Trust will host a 1920s-inspired soiree at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts on August 19. The celebration comes as the Waikato BCR Trust looks set to become the Breast Cancer Research Trust.
“We are incredibly proud that the Trust began right here in the Waikato and it’s where we are still proudly headquartered,” Trust founder and chair Professor Ian Campbell said.
Kirsty Lawrence16:42, Jul 15 2021
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Police locked down the scene around the shootout in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest and it remained cordoned off in the morning.
A silver car with its rear window punctured by bullet holes sits in a suburban Hamilton carpark next to a block of flats. Its driver is dead after the first in a pair of violent but unrelated confrontations – first in Hamilton late on Wednesday night, and then Auckland on Thursday afternoon – saw police involved in gun battles only hours apart. The first, in the eastern Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest, involved what neighbours described as a “large volley of gunfire” ringing across the usually quiet street near Waikato University.
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