Kaoss Price was shot in the chest as he tried to flee from police in a stranger's car.
Home / New ZealandCatherine HuttonOpen Justice reporter - Wellington·NZ Herald·8 Sep, 2026 03:13 AM9 mins to readOpen Justice reporter Belinda Feek explains how the IPCA works.A police officer who fatally shot Kaoss Price in the chest at point-blank range says all he could think as the wanted man climbed through the driver’s side of a stranger’s car was the innocent people inside.
“I had to make a decision; it was my job to make the
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