A roadblock set up by police on the day of the shooting. Photo: RNZ
Police say they accept some information initially supplied to media about the events leading up to a Canterbury man's death was not correct.
Donald Ineson was fatally shot by police when they were called to his Darfield address on 25 November 2018, after he threatened his wife with a shotgun.
His wife said on Wednesday [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/496905/widow-disputes-coroner-s-findings-over-police-actions-in-death-of-husband she believed the coroner's report was incorrect and she had been supplied with inaccurate information by police.
Media were told by police in the days following Ineson's death, that an officer had been injured by Ineson's car while laying road spikes.
However, in a statement today, the police media centre said: "We accept that, based on the coroner's report, the detail initially provided about when the officer was struck was not correct."
The officers were not laying road spikes when one was struck.
"The police media centre releases information based on the detail available at the time. Incidents such as this are fast-moving and dynamic, and more information can come to light in the fullness of time," the statement said.
"It's important to note that when death or serious injury occurs, a number of high-level internal and external inquiries take place, including by independent agencies such as the Coroner's Office and the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA).
"Police support these inquiries as the appropriate forum to determine what has occurred and why."
Coroner Sue Johnson said in her findings that Ineson died from a gunshot to the back, fired by one of the officers.
Police were justified in shooting him because the two officers involved did not know he was unarmed, she said.
