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Australian fugitive Dezi Freeman shot dead by police, reports say
Police said the 1 million Australian dollar reward and a three-hour standoff helped end one of the country’s largest manhunts.
- Dezi Freeman was shot dead by police on March 30 following a seven-month manhunt after the fatal shootings of officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart in August at his Porepunkah home.
- The two officers were killed while executing a sex offence-related search warrant when Freeman opened fire, then fled into bushland, evading capture despite extensive searches involving hundreds of police and a $1 million reward.
- The standoff began around 5:30 a.m. at a rural property near Walwa or Thologolong and ended around 8:30 a.m. with heavily armed officers killing Freeman after he refused to surrender peacefully, with no police officers injured during the incident.
- Authorities are investigating possible assistance Freeman received while on the run, with standard procedures including a coronial hearing and oversight by the Professional Standards Command ongoing.
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