A man on the run with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside was fatally shot during a confrontation.

Tom Phillips has been evading authorities for nearly four years and was in hiding with his kids in a remote area.

The children’s mother said she felt a “wave of complex emotions” when she discovered the news of Tom losing his life in the shoot-out.

Tom Phillips was shot during a tense confrontation with cops on Monday, September 8

New Zealand police were informed of a possible break-in at a farm goods store at around 2:30 a.m. local time on Monday, September 8, in the small town of Poipoi.

The town has a population of around 450-500 people and is believed to be located close to where Tom was hiding out with his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember, now aged 9, 10 and 1

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