Cop-stop: Drugs, sawn-off shotgun and ammo found in BMW at 1am in Auckland's Northcote
Acting Inspector Tim Williams said officers invoked a search and found a loaded sawn-off shotgun in the driver's footwell in the Auckland suburb of Northcote.
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Inquest into Australian triple murder cold case has 'extensive evidence'
An investigation into the murder of three friends while on holiday 46 years ago is gathering "extensive" evidence ahead of hearings into the cold case, a coroner has heard. Two of the slain were New Zealanders. Karen Edwards, 23, Tim Thomson, 31, and Gordon Twaddle, 21, left Alice Springs with their dog, Tristie, for a motorcycle trip to Mount Isa on October 2, 1978. Trixie. (Source: Queensland Police) The trio were found dead with gunshot wounds in remote bushland at Spear Creek, 12km north of Mount Isa. ADVERTISEMENT Queensland coroner David O'Connell was today given an update on preparations for an inquest into the deaths, which is due to start hearings in October. Counsel assisting Amelia Hughes said parties involved would receive a copy of the brief of evidence and witness list in September. "It's quite an extensive brief. That process is still underway with investigations ongoing," she said today. Edwards' sister and other family members listened remotely to the coroner's pre-inquest conference by phone. Thomson and Twaddle were family friends from New Zealand and shared a passion for motorcycles. Edwards was Thomson's girlfriend. Tim Thomson's BMW motorcycle. (Source: Queensland Police) ADVERTISEMENT Once they reached Cairns, the friends planned to head south to Melbourne for Christmas with family. They were last seen alive leaving the Moondarra Caravan Park in Mount Isa in a brown and white Toyota Landcruiser station wagon four wheel drive with a man on the morning of October 5, 1978. Queensland police in 2019 renewed a AU$250,000 reward for information which leads to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders. Former NSW prison guard Bruce John Preston was charged in April 2019 with the murders and granted bail in February 2020. Crown prosecutors dropped all charges against Preston in July 2023. The inquest will hold hearings over nine days in Brisbane Coroners Court from October 7. The hearings are due to end days before the 47th anniversary of the victims being found dead. ADVERTISEMENT Timeline of events Monday, October 2, 1978 – the trio embark on motorcycle trek from Alice Springs with Tim and Karen travelling with their dog on a distinctive red 1977 BMW 100S with a homemade side car carrying Tim's nine-month old Doberman, 'Tristie'. Gordon was riding a blue 1977 Suzuki GS750 with Victorian registration. The group travelled to Aileron and camped at Ti Tree in NT overnight. Tuesday, October 3, 1978 – the group stopped at Wauchope, 'Devils Marbles' and 'The Three Ways'. They meet a male motorcycle enthusiast at Frewena before camping with him overnight at Barry Caves. Wednesday, October 4, 1978 – group continued to travel with the man to Mount Isa but only Karen, Tim and Gordon checked into the Moondarra Caravan Park in the afternoon. On Wednesday evening, the trio were joined by a man in a brown and white Toyota Landcruiser. ADVERTISEMENT Thursday, October 5, 1978 – the trio are seen leaving the caravan park with the man in the Toyota Landcruiser, leaving the motorcycles and dog behind. Later on Thursday, the same vehicle returns to the park with a man seen alone looking for the dog. Friday, October 6, 1978 – all property except for the sidecar has been removed from the campsite and the dog located at the Mount Isa Dump. October 24-25, 1978 – the bodies of Karen, Tim and Gordon are discovered in bushland at Spear Creek November 13, 1978 – a 23-year-old local man is arrested after being found in possession of Tim's red BMW motorcycle. — timeline source, Queensland Police.
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Police say suspect drove from Las Vegas for days and ended his rampage in a real estate office
The workplace mass shooting was particularly shocking in the centre of New York City, where such attacks are virtually unheard of. Tisch said that Tamura's car was recorded passing through Colorado on Saturday local time, then Nebraska and Iowa on Sunday, before he arrived in New York City on Monday afternoon local time. He drove to Park Avenue, where he double parked his BMW just outside the skyscraper. He then marched inside with an AR-15-style rifle and began to spray the lobby with gunfire, peeking behind a security desk to shoot one of his victims and firing on another who tried to take cover behind a pillar. He then walked to the lift bank, waited for a lift to take him upstairs, letting a woman exit and walk safely past him before he got on and rode it to the 33rd floor. Once there, he went to the office of Rudin Management, a real estate firm, where he shot someone and then fatally shot himself in the chest. The police department said Tamura was from Las Vegas. Police vehicles blocked the entrances to the gated community where he was believed to have lived, and a street elsewhere in the neighbourhood was closed off with police tape and traffic cones. Public records indicate that Tamura spent at least part of his youth in California. Mason Thomas said he had played high school football with Tamura in Granada Hills, a neighbourhood of Los Angeles. But he said they had lost contact with each other years ago. Nevertheless, he said it was 'mind-blowing' to see an old high school teammate in the news for a fatal shooting spree. He said he remembered Tamura as a standout running back who was funny, popular, and agreeable. 'There was nothing from the little I knew about him that would have indicated anything like this,' Thomas said. 'At practice, there were never any issues I can remember. He never had issues with anybody.' In Santa Clarita, a city north of Los Angeles, Debi Hatfield, said she remembered the Tamura family well. They had been neighbours for a decade, and Shane and his brother played with her children and went to primary school with her daughter, she said. 'They were typical kids,' Hatfield said, looking across the quiet cul-de-sac at the family's former home, as crickets chirped in the cool night air. She said she remembered Shane 'as just a little kid following his older brother around. It's really shocking.' In recent years, Tamura had received traffic citations in Nevada and was charged with criminal trespass, records show. It was not immediately clear what had led to the trespassing charge. Records show that a person with the same name as Tamura held a work card issued by the state board that regulates security guards, private investigators, and similar professionals in Nevada from December 2019 to December 2024. The work card did not authorise the person to carry a firearm. It was not clear why Tamura was in New York City or what had motivated him to open fire inside the building, which is home to the offices of several high-powered companies, including investment giant Blackstone, the NFL, and accounting and financial advisory firm KPMG. It was the second high profile shooting in midtown Manhattan in less than a year. Last December, Luigi Mangione travelled to New York City from out of town and staged a targeted attack on a healthcare executive, Brian Thompson, in midtown, prosecutors say. This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Written by: Liam Stack, Joseph Goldstein and Amy Julia Harris ©2025 THE NEW YORK TIMES
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29-07-2025
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Five, including police officer, killed in New York office shooting
A man carrying a rifle killed four people at a New York City office tower Tuesday, including an off-duty New York City police officer, and wounded a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The officer who was killed was Didarul Islam, 36, an immigrant from Bangladesh who had served as a police officer in New York City for 3 1/2 years. 'He died as he lived. A hero,' police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. He was married with two young boys, and his wife is pregnant with their third child, she said. Police identified the gunman as Shane Tamura, of Las Vegas, and said he killed himself. He had a 'documented mental health history', but the motive is still unknown, Tisch said. ADVERTISEMENT 'We are working to understand why he targeted this particular location,' Tisch said. Another man was seriously injured and remains in critical condition, Mayor Eric Adams said. Adams said officials are still 'unravelling' what took place. 'Five innocent people were shot', along with the perpetrator, he said. Surveillance video showed a man exiting a double-parked BMW and carrying an M4 rifle before he walked toward the building. He immediately opened fire on the NYPD officer as he entered the building and shot a woman who tried to take cover and then began 'spraying' the lobby with gunfire, Tisch said. Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at an office building that houses some of the US' top financial firms and the National Football League. (Source: Reuters) The man then made his way to the elevator bank and shot a security guard who was taking cover behind a security desk and shot another man in the lobby, the commissioner said. The man took the elevator to the 33rd floor to a real estate management company and one person was shot and killed on the floor. The man then walks down a hallway and shot himself, the commissioner said. ADVERTISEMENT Officers found a rifle case, a revolver, magazines and ammunition in his car, Tisch said. The Fire Department of New York said emergency crews were called to the Park Avenue office building around 6.30pm for a report of someone shot. The building houses some of the country's top financial firms and the National Football League. Jessica Chen told ABC News she was watching a presentation with dozens of other people on the second floor when she 'heard multiple shots go off in quick succession from the first floor.' She and others ran into a conference room and barricaded tables against the door. 'We were honestly really, really scared,' she said, adding that she texted her parents to tell them that she loves them. Local TV footage showed lines of people evacuating the office building with their hands above their heads. The building includes offices of Blackstone and the consulate general of Ireland. Tisch says she believes there were two officers working paid detail assignments in different parts of the building - part of a program where companies can hire NYPD officers in uniform to provide security. ADVERTISEMENT Some finance workers at an office building down the block were picking up dinner at a corner eatery when they heard a loud noise and saw people running. 'It was like a crowd panic,' said Anna Smith, who joined the workers pouring back into the finance office building. They remained there for about two hours before being told they could leave. The building where the shooting happened is in a busy area of midtown, located a short walk north from Grand Central Terminal and about a block east of St Patrick's Cathedral. The city's emergency management alert system warned of traffic delays, road closures and disruptions to public transportation in the area. Through late July, New York City is on pace to have its fewest murders and fewest people hurt by gunfire than any year in recent decades.
