Dezi Freeman shot dead by police after seven-month manhunt
by Cait Kelly, Benita Kolovos and Catie McLeod from World news | The Guardian on (#74JZP)
Victoria police commissioner Mike Bush said the shooting was justified' and brought closure to the families of two police officers allegedly killed by Freeman in Porepunkah in August
Fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, has been killed after a seven-month manhunt in rural Victoria.
The Victoria police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, confirmed a man was fatally shot by police shortly after 8.30am on Monday, after an hours-long standoff in which he failed to surrender peacefully at a property at Thologolong in the state's north-east.
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