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Auckland Police Shoot Knife Wielding Man

by Selwyn Manning.

Police have shot a knife wielding man at the Auckland North Shore suburb of Greenhithe.

Police were called to a residential address after receiving a complaint that a man was threatening a person with a knife.

The man was shot by police after negotiations failed to defuse the situation.

He has been taken to North Shore Hospital. He condition has yet to be released.

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