{"id":14674,"date":"2025-08-14T08:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=14674"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:36:45","slug":"woman-killed-man-critically-injured-after-both-shot-by-police-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=14674","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed, man critically injured after both shot by police in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was killed and a man has been critical wounded after being shot by police at a Kainga Ora home in Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to a house in Clyde Road, Bryndwr about 11pm on Wednesday after receiving a report of a man armed with a knife threatened himself and his partner.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived at the address a short time later and a woman ran from the house, followed by a man armed with a knife, police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill said officers shot the man, believing the woman to be at risk of imminent serious harm, critically injuring him.<\/p>\n<p>The woman subsequently picked up the knife and threatened police, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--EbzRJW5m--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1755114102\/4K2P2TB_Media_jfif?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A police cordon at Clyde Road in Bryndwr on 14 August 2025.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">The scene on Thursday morning.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Adam Burns<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Officers appealed for her to put the weapon down, but she instead moved forward, and was fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p>Hill said immediate medical assistance was provided to the woman but she died shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The injured man was still in a critical condition in hospital on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Do you know more? Get in touch with us at\u00a0<\/i><\/b>sam.sherwood@rnz.co.nz<\/p>\n<p>Scene guards were in place at the Clyde Road property, and residents could expect to see a continued police presence in the coming days and part of the road would be closed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have spoken to next of kin, and our thoughts are with the family of those involved at this incredibly difficult time,&#8221; Hill said.<\/p>\n<p>Kainga Ora has confirmed to RNZ the fatal shooting was at one of its properties.<\/p>\n<p>It said its thoughts werewith all those affected.<\/p>\n<p>Kainga Ora&#8217;s regional director. Liz Krause, said it will be reaching out to nearby tenants to see if they need more support over the coming days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--iaDRiOEo--\/c_crop,h_425,w_680,x_0,y_113\/c_scale,h_425,w_680\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1755111601\/4K2P4K1_Media_jfif?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A police cordon on Clyde Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Police at Clyde Road in Bryndwr.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Adam Burns<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A investigation was under way and the shooting would also be referred to the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) as is standard, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police had cordoned off a section of Clyde Road.<\/p>\n<p>An RNZ reporter on the scene says two police cars remained at the cordon on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was killed and a man has been critical wounded after being shot by police at a Kainga Ora home in Christchurch. Police were called to a house in Clyde Road, Bryndwr about 11pm on Wednesday after receiving a report of a man armed with a knife threatened himself and his partner. Officers arrived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14676,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14674\/revisions\/14676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}