The man who was shot by police "had so many chances and he chose the worst way", says the daughter of an elderly victim.
Author and health advocate Beryl Harris expressed sympathy for the parents of Savey Sous, who died after being shot by police in Whanganui on Friday, but said she was "not sorry he was gone".
Sous, 32, was shot by police in the shoulder and torso after drawing a sawn-off shotgun on officers who turned up after reports of a domestic dispute. Sous later advanced on police cordons when he was shot and fatally wounded.
After his death, it was revealed Sous had a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for violence, although his father, Savuth South, told Newshub his son was trying to turn his life around.
Harris said she had met the man when he was aged about 15 in the fallout of a series of burglaries at the home of her mother, who was aged 89 at the time.