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Greymouth gunman's arrest relieves community

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Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 24 Oct 2017, 5:12AM
The man in custody is the fugitive police have been hunting for since Sunday's shooting. (Photo \ NZ Herald)
The man in custody is the fugitive police have been hunting for since Sunday's shooting. (Photo \ NZ Herald)

Greymouth gunman's arrest relieves community

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 24 Oct 2017, 5:12AM

There's relief in the Greymouth community with the arrest of a man after a mother of three was shot dead in Greymouth.

The man in custody is the fugitive police have been hunting for since Sunday's shooting of 43 year old Hayley Williams.

Grey District Mayor, Tony Kokshoorn said the shooting was a shock to the community.

"It certainly was a shock to the community. It is tragic, there are three young boys here that have lost their mother."

"What a tragic circumstance to have to run through the rest of your life on, the memories of this will actually haunt them," he said.

Mr Kokshoorn said a lot people in the community were worried that the man was at large.

"There's a lot of people around the community here that were worried that this man was at large, so the fact that the police have arrested him will be very comforting to a lot of the residents on the west coast."

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