Victoria police have a ‘wide cordon’ set up as part of a ‘very wide search area’ for Dezi Freeman, the man suspected of shooting and killing two police officers and injuring a third at a rural Victorian property.
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‘We are pouring every resource into this search for this person,’ Victoria police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, said. Bush said police had spoken to Freeman’s partner and children and were yet to confirm any sightings of Freeman since the shooting the day before.
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