Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Police say it’s fortunate no was injured when a man shot at officers in Dargaville on Sunday evening.
Inspector Dean Robinson, acting Northland district commander, said police received a report of man with a firearm on Bassett Street just after 8pm.
Enquiries led police to a house on the same street where they located “a person of interest”.
Robinson said the man fired an air rifle towards the officers.
“Thankfully, no one was injured. A police dog was deployed and the alleged offender received a dog bite before being taken into custody.”
He was taken to hospital for treatment and discharged a short time later.
Robinson said a 48-year-old man appeared in Whangārei District Court on Monday charged with two counts of a dangerous act with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and two charges of resisting police.
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