Porepunkah police shootings

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The Porepunkah police shooting occurred on the morning of 26 August 2025, when Australian man Dezi Bird Freeman shot and killed police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart-Hottart and injured a third. The officers were serving a search warrant at a property near the town of Porepunkah, in Victoria, Australia, in relation to Freeman’s alleged crime of child sexual abuse. Additionally, police planned on arresting Freeman. He was a known member of the sovereign citizen movement. As police made entry, Freeman shot and killed the two officers and injured a third before he fled into dense bushland in the Mount Buffalo National Park. A manhunt involving hundreds of police officers ensued, with Victoria Police supported by interstate police forces, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Australian Defence Force. The number of officers involved in the manhunt was unprecedented in Australian history, and there was a A$1 million reward for information leading to his arrest...

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