Arrest In Historic Homicide Case
Detective Inspector Lew Warner:
Bay of Plenty
Police have today arrested a man in relation to a homicide
in
Tauranga in 2018.
On 11 February 2018
David Kuka was fatally shot at an address in
Wilrose
Place, Tauranga and a homicide
investigation was launched. This was the
second
homicide at the same address within a month.
A
34-year-old Raetihi man has been charged with this murder
and will appear
in the Tauranga District Court
Saturday 18 December 2021.
Police will not rule out further arrests.
Police would like to acknowledge the
victim’s extended family. As this
matter is now
before the courts, Police will not be commenting
further.