Ketika kejadian Tarmizi bersama dua anaknya, Mohd Haris, 12, dan Haziq hadir untuk menunaikan solat Jumaat di masjid itu. Mohd Haris terselamat tetapi trauma manakala bapa mereka parah ditembak.
Haziq, 17, is the son of Mohd Tarmizi Shuib, 42, who is currently being treated for gunshot wounds at the Christchurch Hospital following Friday's massacre at the Al Noor Mosque.