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Police name man who died in incident outside Taita liquor store

Author
NZ Herald ,
Publish Date
Sun, 16 Sep 2018, 3:34PM
Police want to hear from witnesses to the fatal brawl in Taita last night. (Image / File)
Police want to hear from witnesses to the fatal brawl in Taita last night. (Image / File)

Police name man who died in incident outside Taita liquor store

Author
NZ Herald ,
Publish Date
Sun, 16 Sep 2018, 3:34PM

Police have named the 29-year-old man who died following an assault outside a liquor store in Lower Hutt, on Friday.

Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch said he was Faapaia Fonoilaepa - a painter from Avalon.

Leitch said police were continuing to investigate the incident and the offender had not been found.

"Our principal focus at this time is locating the man that left the scene following the assault."

"The man is described as Maori, of solid build, aged 30-40 years, with dark hair and facial tattoos. He was wearing black clothes."

He said the man left the scene on foot and walked south, he later returned to the scene before leaving in a silver Toyota Carib station wagon.

"The car is missing its front left hubcap and has some damage to its front left panel and indicator."

The car was seen at the High St scene for several minutes before it left, travelling north. It was later located in Pringle St.

Police confirmed that the people involved were not customers of the Big Barrel liquor store and the only link to the store is that the incident occurred nearby.

Leitch said CCTV footage - provided by the owners of Big Barrel liquor store - showed a woman walking north on High Street at 7.30pm when the incident occurred.

"Police would also like to speak to the woman.

"The woman is of medium build and was wearing dark clothing and carrying a shoulder bag. She had long brown, curly hair and was wearing headphones."

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