Article 6GEDX Police officer shot dead in South Australia named as Brevet Sgt Jason Doig

Police officer shot dead in South Australia named as Brevet Sgt Jason Doig

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A male suspect was shot by officers and sustained life-threatening injuries, police say

A police officer has died after being shot during a violent confrontation in South Australia.

Brevet Sgt Jason Doig and his colleagues Michael Hutchinson and Rebekah Cass went to a property in the rural community of Senior near the Victorian border about 11.20pm on Thursday. They were confronted by an armed man and Doig was shot, police said. His colleagues and paramedics tried to save him but he died at the scene.

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