Two minute silence for fallen officers

Wodonga Police observe two minute silence to remember Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart who were fatally shot in Porepunkah on Tuesday,  August 26.

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00:00I'm here at Wodonga Police Station where this morning officers came together and

00:05hosted a two-minute silence in honour of their colleagues that were tragically

00:09killed at Pawpunkka on the 26th of August. Detective leading Senior

00:14Constable Neil Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim Devart were fatally

00:18shot in the line of duty. Victoria Police officers at Wodonga and

00:23Wangaratta stations observed two-minute silence at 10.37 a.m. marking the time the

00:29tragedy unfolded the week before. Detective Thompson had worked from

00:33Wangaratta and was just days off retirement while Senior Constable Devart

00:38had been stationed in Wangaratta temporarily. Officers remembered their

00:43fallen colleagues as not just police officers but as fathers, sons, brothers

00:48and friends. The two minutes of silence come as the manhunt for suspected shooter

00:54Desi Freeman reaches day eight and police believe he's being helped while on the

00:58run.