| Murder of Matthew Hunt | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Massey, New Zealand |
| Date | 19 June 2020 10:37 am (NZST) |
Attack type | Shooting, murder, homicide |
| Weapons | Norinco NHM 90 |
| Deaths | 1 (Matthew Hunt) |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Eli 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.[1][2][3]
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