The gang member who fatally shot a man in Ponsonby was deemed to carry a low risk of reoffending by the Corrections Department after he assaulted someone in 2020.
Hone Kay-Selwyn shot Robert Horne - who was unknown to him - on Sunday night.
Kay-Selwyn was found dead at a property near Taupō on Tuesday.
Court documents show Kay-Selwyn was sentenced to five months community detention after assaulting a stranger at a Taupō strip club in 2020.
Before that, he had one conviction of possession of cannabis plants.
A report in relation to the assault said given it was his second conviction, risk of reoffending was low.
The report noted Kay-Selwyn was bullied in school and dropped out not long after joining the Killer Beez gang at the age of 14.
Kay-Selwyn told a probation officer he regretted his wasted years and wished he could go back to primary school and make changes.
RNZ
