THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Peter R. de Vries, the renowned Dutch crime reporter shot last week in a brazen attack in Amsterdam, has died, Dutch media reported Thursday, citing a statement from his family. “Peter fought to the end, but was unable to win the battle,” RTL, the Dutch network De Vries regularly worked for, cited the family statement as saying. De Vries, 64, rose rapidly from a young cub reporter to become the Netherlands’ best-known journalist. He was a pillar of support for families of slain or missing children, a campaigner against injustice, and a thorn in the side of gangsters in the Dutch capital’s increasingly violent underworld. The family statement said he died surrounded by loved ones and requested privacy for De Vries’ family and partner “to process his death in peace.” “Peter has lived by his conviction: ‘On bended knee is no way to be free,’” the statement said. …