US EditionAustralia Offers Reward for Arrest of Gunman After Police Killings
Victoria police have launched a record Aus$1 million reward to capture Desmond Freeman, who allegedly killed two officers during a search warrant execution and remains armed and dangerous.
- On September 6, 2025, Victoria police offered a record A$1 million reward for information leading to Desmond Freeman's arrest after he killed two officers.
- The reward follows a shootout on August 26, when police serving a search warrant at Freeman's rural property were fired upon, killing Detective Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart.
- More than 450 officers have searched dense forests near Porepunkah for Freeman, who is believed armed, wearing dark green clothing, and possibly alone or assisted in difficult terrain.
- Detective Inspector Dean Thomas called the reward a 'life-changing' amount intended to encourage witnesses, denying it was an act of desperation and stressing community safety.
- The ongoing manhunt reflects police commitment to ending the threat posed by Freeman, whose wife urged him publicly to surrender after the fatal shootings.
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In Australia, after the death of two police officers, a large-scale search for the fugitive shooter runs. For clues to his arrest, a reward of up to one million Australian dollars is suspended.
Victoria police have offered a $1 million reward (over half a million euros) for information in the search for a fugitive Australian man suspected of killing two police officers and wounding a third.
The Australian state of Victoria is offering a record reward for information on a fugitive killer. Anyone who can tell where Dezi Freeman is can expect to receive one million Australian dollars, more than half a million euros. Freeman shot and killed two police officers eleven days ago when they arrived at his home with a search warrant. A third officer was injured. After the incident, Freeman fled on foot into the bush near his home in Porepunk…
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