A gunman, 56, suspected of killing two police officers branded cops ‘frigging Nazis’, ‘Gestapo’ and ‘terrorist thugs’ as he relentlessly targeted a female officer because she pulled him over for speeding.
Dezi Freeman remained on the run overnight in Victoria’s freezing High Country after he allegedly shot and killed two police officers and wounded a third with a home-made shotgun at a property in the small north-east Victorian town of Porepunkah on Tuesday morning.
A 59-year-old detective and a 35-year-old senior constable both died in the horrific incident, which came after 10 officers arrived at the property to serve a warrant.
Freeman allegedly took the dead officers’ guns and a police radio to listen to officers’ movements and then fled deep into alpine wilderness, about 300km northeast of Melbourne.
The search for Freeman continued throughout the night, and reportedly involved over 100 police officers, including some from NSW.
There were some initial reports Freeman may have taken his wife and two children hostage, however police said he fled alone and that trio attended a local police station on Tuesday night.
He remains on the run on Wednesday morning.