{"id":4233,"date":"2025-09-09T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/fugitive-dad-who-hid-3-children-in-the-wilderness-for-nearly-4-years-killed-in-police-shootout\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:50:54","slug":"fugitive-dad-who-hid-3-children-in-the-wilderness-for-nearly-4-years-killed-in-police-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/fugitive-dad-who-hid-3-children-in-the-wilderness-for-nearly-4-years-killed-in-police-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive dad who hid 3 children in the wilderness for nearly 4 years killed in police shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A fugitive father who spent nearly four years on the run with his three young children was killed during a police shootout in New Zealand on Monday, bringing an end to one of the country\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/manhunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-profile manhunts<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tom Phillips vanished into the Waikato wilderness with his children shortly before Christmas in 2021 following a dispute with their mother, who held sole custody, according to local officials.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Phillips was fatally shot during an attempted burglary at a supply store, where he was accompanied by one of his children. Phillips died at the scene, and his children \u2013 Ember, now believed to be 9, Maverick, 10, and Jayda, 12 \u2013 were safely recovered and are now in care, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an emotional development. To know the children are safe, and now receiving care after nearly four years, is an absolute relief,&#8221;\u00a0Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers said in a statement.\u00a0&#8220;We are grateful to see an end to what has been three years of torment for the children\u2019s family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/manhunt-travis-decker-intensifies-county-sheriffs-office-assumes-lead-role-search-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MANHUNT FOR TRAVIS DECKER INTENSIFIES AS COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S OFFICE ASSUMES LEAD ROLE IN SEARCH FOR FATHER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/tom-phillips-new-zealand-manhunt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>During the four years Tom Phillips went missing, surveillance footage has captured the fugitive dad attempting to rob a store.<\/span> <span>(New Zealand Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police were alerted around 2:30 a.m. local time Monday to a suspected break-in at a supply store in Piopio, a small town located in the North Island\u00a0where Phillips was believed to have been hiding out with his children.<\/p>\n<p>When officers spotted two people riding a four-wheeled bike near the scene of the burglary, they suspected Phillips was involved and deployed road spikes on a nearby street to intercept them, according to a police news release.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips opened fire on officers, striking one in the upper body and leaving him seriously injured. Police said they returned fire and killed Phillips. The child with him was unharmed and taken into custody, while the wounded officer was transported to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/bones-discovered-during-latest-manhunt-travis-decker-who-wanted-daughters-murders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BONES DISCOVERED DURING LATEST MANHUNT FOR TRAVIS DECKER, WANTED IN DAUGHTERS&#8217; MURDERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/new-zealand-missing-children.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"profile photos of three young children\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Ember, now 9, Maverick, 10, and Jayda, 12, went missing nearly four years ago in New Zealand.<\/span> <span>(New Zealand Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later that afternoon, officers discovered the remaining two children, a boy and a girl, alone at a makeshift camp about one mile from the scene of the shooting. Both were recovered unharmed, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had long expressed concerns about the children\u2019s welfare, saying they were being raised in isolation without access to formal schooling or healthcare.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite several reported sightings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/new-zealand-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waikato region<\/a> over the years, police efforts to locate the family had repeatedly come up empty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/abducted-boy-featured-netflix-unsolved-mysteries-found-safe-7-years-after-capture-overwhelmed-joy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ABDUCTED BOY FEATURED IN NETFLIX &#8216;UNSOLVED MYSTERIES&#8217; FOUND SAFE 7 YEARS AFTER CAPTURE: &#8216;OVERWHELMED WITH JOY&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/tom-phillips-wilderness-campsite.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"split photo of quadbike hidden in the wilderness and profile of Tom phillips\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>New Zealand Police discovered a makeshift campsite and quad bikes in the wilderness where fugitive father Tom Phillips last hid his children.<\/span> <span>(New Zealand Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police said Phillips already faced charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aggravated robbery<\/a>, aggravated wounding and unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Officials recovered three guns at the scene of the shooting, including the weapon he used to fire on officers, and found several more at his camp.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage also captured him previously attempting to break into another retail store on Aug. 27.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/inside-deadly-suburban-nightmare-shattered-connecticut-familys-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>INSIDE THE DEADLY &#8216;SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE&#8217; THAT SHATTERED A CONNECTICUT FAMILY&#8217;S WORLD<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The children\u2019s mother, Cat, described the news of Phillips\u2019 death as bringing a &#8220;wave of complex emotions,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/572429\/mother-of-marokopa-children-speaks-out-after-tom-phillips-killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">local outlet RNZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/new-zealand-mother-cat.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cat, the mother of the missing children, said she was deeply relieved to hear that her children were found.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Cat, the mother of the missing children, said she was deeply relieved to hear that her children were found.<\/span> <span>(New Zealand Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;First and foremost, we are deeply relieved that for our tamariki this ordeal has come to an end,&#8221; she said, using the M\u0101ori word for children. &#8220;[The children] have been dearly missed every day for nearly four years, and we are looking forward to welcoming them home with love and care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have endured a long and difficult journey, and we ask for privacy as we help them adjust and reintegrate into a stable and loving environment,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ronn Blitzer is an editor for Fox News Digital covering politics and breaking news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/fugitive-dad-who-hid-3-children-wilderness-4-years-killed-police-shootout\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fugitive father who spent nearly four years on the run with his three young children was killed during a police shootout in New Zealand on Monday, bringing an end to one of the country\u2019s most high-profile manhunts.\u00a0 Tom Phillips vanished into the Waikato wilderness with his&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/fugitive-dad-who-hid-3-children-in-the-wilderness-for-nearly-4-years-killed-in-police-shootout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Fugitive dad who hid 3 children in the wilderness for nearly 4 years killed in police shootout&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tom-phillips-three-children.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fugitive dad who hid 3 children in the wilderness for nearly 4 years killed in police shootout - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/fugitive-dad-who-hid-3-children-in-the-wilderness-for-nearly-4-years-killed-in-police-shootout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fugitive dad who hid 3 children in the wilderness for nearly 4 years killed in police shootout\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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