The man shot dead in a police stand off in Wellington on Tuesday has been named.
He was Sam Fakalago.
Police fired "multiple" shots at Fakalago after he allegedly held a woman at knifepoint in a family harm incident on Tuesday afternoon.
Fakalago has not been formally named by police. A spokesperson told Newshub a post-mortem and formal identification process was expected to be carried out on Thursday.
Fakalago's body was removed from the Kingsbridge Place property on Wednesday afternoon.
A police cordon remains in place while a forensic scene examination is ongoing.
