Shooting inquiry ‘another 10 days’
PA Wellington The police inquiry into the fatal shooting of John Edward Morgan is expected to take at least another 10 days to complete. Mr Morgan, aged 30, was shot by the police after he attacked a police dog handler with an axe. The Christmas Eve shooting at Wainuiomat'a occurred after a high-speed chase. Mr Morgan was suspected to have been involved in the fatal stabbing earlier the same day of Sinclair Lewis Inglis, aged 24. at a Wellington disco. The Wellington police district commander, Deputy Assistant Commissioner W. R. Fleming, said that the complex investigation into the shooting would take at least another 10 days. He said that investigators had to piece together events, get a pathologist’s report and reports from other analysts, and study carefully all the fflCtS. Once completed, the file would be given to Mr Fleming who would present it to the Commissioner of Police. Mr R. J Walton, who might decide to act on the file himself or pass it to the Solicitor-General, Mr D. P. Neazor, for study. The injured policeman was off work and recovering, said Mr Fleming.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19830107.2.18
Bibliographic details
Press, 7 January 1983, Page 2
Word Count
190Shooting inquiry ‘another 10 days’ Press, 7 January 1983, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in