Murder of Matthew Hunt

Murder of Matthew Hunt
LocationMassey, New Zealand
Date19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
10:37 am (NZST)
Attack type
Shooting, murder, homicide
WeaponsNorinco NHM 90
Deaths1 (Matthew Hunt)
Injured2
PerpetratorEli Epiha

Matthew Dennis Hunt was a New Zealand Police constable who was killed in Massey during a traffic stop on 19 June 2020. Eli Epiha, a 24-year-old man, pleaded guilty to his murder while a 30-year-old woman, Natalie Bracken, was found guilty to being an accessory after the fact. Hunt's death marked the first police fatality in the line of duty in New Zealand since 2009.

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