WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 Connecting Your Community www.star.kiwi McCafe ® Any Size for $4 (excludes Frappés, Mochas and Chai Latte). Flavoured syrup shots are 50c more Fireworks display’s future up in the air Page 3 Deadlock broken over town centre plan Page 6 Rolleston State Highway 1, Rolleston (03) 347 1620 Open 24 hours Locally owned and operated Available after 10:30am for a limited time. Our courageous local police capture accused gunman Quick decision stops Tarrant THE TWO Selwyn police officers who dragged alleged mass killer Brenton Tarrant from a vehicle had come straight from a training session on how to deal with armed offenders. Details of their bravery and swift actions have come to light in the past few days. They were training with armed offenders’ squad personnel at The Princess Margaret Hospital when they were mobilised to find the central city and Linwood mosques’ gunman. The SelwynTimes has decided not to identify them until police chiefs reveal their names – which they are considering. Instinct led the two officers to head along Brougham St, thinking the gunman could take that route away from the Linwood mosque. Moments later they spotted a vehicle weaving in and out of lanes with its hazard lights on and someone fitting the description of the alleged gunman. They confirmed the registration was connected to the shooting, did a U-turn and began to discuss GREAT EFFORT: The two Selwyn policemen moments after dragging Brenton Tarrant from his vehicle in Brougham St on Friday. what tactics would be used. •Turn to page 4 •Editor’s note, page 2
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