00:01Fugitive gunman Desmond Freeman, accused of killing two police officers, is believed to have been shot dead in an Australian
00:08police operation.
00:09That's according to Authorities Monday, who said the incident occurred in Victoria State after a seven-month manhunt.
00:17Australian police said 56-year-old Freeman is yet to be formally identified.
00:22Media widely reported he was fatally shot following a three-hour standoff at a property in rural Victoria.
00:29The State Police Chief Commissioner, Mike Bush, said the police shooting was justified.
00:34We're examining the sequence of events and we'll be able to report on that.
00:39But it did result from a standoff, the deployment of tactics.
00:46He then exited the building.
00:51There was an opportunity for him to surrender peacefully, which he did not.
00:56More than 450 police officers had been involved in hunting for Freeman since August, after he allegedly opened fire on
01:05a team of ten police officers.
01:07They had arrived at a Porupunkka property, 186 miles northeast of Melbourne, to execute a search warrant.
01:13Freeman then fled into bushland at Mount Buffalo National Park.
01:17Authorities had offered one million Australian dollars, over 684,000 US dollars, as a reward for information leading to his
01:26capture.
01:27The current target for the
01:27Large.
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