{"id":3303,"date":"2023-02-22T18:05:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T05:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2023-02-22T18:05:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T05:05:54","slug":"auckland-man-shot-dead-by-muggers-while-on-holiday-in-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=3303","title":{"rendered":"Auckland man shot dead by muggers while on holiday in Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Auckland man was fatally shot in the chest while\u00a0on holiday in the Philippines<\/a>\u00a0before muggers stole his girlfriend\u2019s phone and wallet.<\/p>\n

Filipino Police have named Nicholas Stacey, 34, as the man who was attacked by unidentified assailants riding motorcycles.<\/p>\n

Local media ABS CBN reported that a man \u201cpointed an unknown type of firearm to the witness and declared a hold-up while the rider parked the said motorcycle a few metres away\u201d.<\/p>\n

Stacey then \u201cintervened and tried to grab the assailant\u2019s weapon, but the suspect fired the gun and hit the victim’s left chest, resulting in his death\u201d, according to the police report.<\/p>\n

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* phone and wallet of Stacey\u2019s girlfriend and fled towards Pasay City, it said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Police have reportedly ordered a manhunt of two identified suspects.<\/p>\n

In a statement to media, police chief general Jonnel Estomo said he knew the incident had the potential to cause fear among tourists visiting the country.<\/p>\n

Police would ensure the attackers would be held to account, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0a Givealittle page<\/a>\u00a0has been started to cover the cost of bringing Stacey\u2019s body back to New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Stacey\u2019s sister-in-law Shaina Murray said friends and family had been devastated by the loss of \u201ca young, kindhearted, selfless and loving man\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was deeply passionate about\u00a0Child Rescue<\/a>, working to spread the word of what they did, for around 10 years,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a volunteer with the Student Volunteer Army, Nick shopped for and delivered over 50 grocery orders to vulnerable people during\u00a0the Covid lockdowns<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearly $6000 had been raised through the Givealittle page as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

A death notice in the New Zealand Herald said Stacey was \u201ccruelly taken\u201d from his family while on holiday.<\/p>\n

He was a \u201ctruly and deeply loved son\u201d and \u201cloyal brother\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n

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An Auckland man was fatally shot in the chest while\u00a0on holiday in the Philippines\u00a0before muggers stole his girlfriend\u2019s phone and wallet. Filipino Police have named Nicholas Stacey, 34, as the man who was attacked by unidentified assailants riding motorcycles. Local media ABS CBN reported that a man \u201cpointed an unknown type of firearm to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303","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=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3305,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/3305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}