Rarotonga shooting victim's Tokoroa family in shock1 NEWS A manhunt was launched after Chris Rimamota escaped custody yesterday. SUPPLIED Mary Dean died after a shooting in Rarotonga. RNZ Cook Island police are in a standoff with escaped prisoner, Chris Rimamotu, suspected of shooting two people dead yesterday. Family in Mary's South Waikato hometown of Tokoroa received news of the shooting from an extended family member in Rarotonga about 6pm on Wednesday, family spokesperson Patrick Tavai said. Family were planning to travel to Rarotonga and retrieve the boy but had waited until Rimamotu was captured and in custody.

Source: Stuff October 19, 2016 22:15 UTC