Single shot amongst many killed Officer

by gourley | September 14, 2008 at 07:52 am

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Undercover policeman Don Wilkinson died in a hail of shots from a .22 calibre air rifle, post-mortem examination results released yesterday show.

Wilkinson was shot dead on Thursday while trying to install a tracking device on a car outside a Mangere house suspected of being used as a P lab.

Police confirmed yesterday the fatal shot was to Wilkinson's chest, and that now the autopsy had been completed his body would be released to his family. Funeral plans would then be made.

Wilkinson's partner, whose name is suppressed by court order, is still in hospital.

A 37-year-old man has been charged with murder and a 33-year-old man charged with assault over the incident. Both of whom will appear in Manakau District court later this week.

The operation in which Wilkinson (The officer) was part of led police to an Auckland address where they found guns, a bank vault holding $200,000(NZD) worth of valuable stones and fifteen one-ounce gold medallians.

Wilkinson is the 28th New Zealand police officer to die in the line of duty, and the seventh person thought to have been murdered on South Auckland streets in the past 15 weeks.

The murder rate is becomming uncontrollably high and desperate action needs to be taken to stop this murder spree Auckland seems to be having this year.

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