Fatal police shooting: Man dead after vehicle stop in New Plymouth
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Save Police cordoned off the road after a person was shot by police in New Plymouth last night. Photo / Tara Shaskey
A local resident has described hearing a succession of loud gunshots near the Taranaki scene where a man died in a police shooting last night.
The man died on Devon Rd, near Bell Block, after he was shot during a traffic stop at 9.30pm on Saturday night.
A person living
nearby told the Herald she was lying in bed when she heard a loud volley of gunfire.
"I heard a 'bang, bang, bang' and I thought, what on earth was that," the resident said.
"It sounded a lot louder than what you'd normally hear... it sounded like a gun."