Freeman Property Owner Breaks Silence
Andrew Swift says he found a bleeding officer after the attack and helped get him to an ambulance, as police later killed Dezi Freeman.
- Andrew Swift, owner of the Porepunkah property where a deadly shooting occurred on August 26, 2025, broke his silence in a video with YouTuber Dave Armstrong, detailing his efforts to assist a wounded police officer.
- Officers descended on the 20-acre property on August 26, 2025, to execute a warrant on Dezi Freeman, who killed Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart before fleeing into the bush.
- Swift described the officer's pants as "wet from blood" from a gunshot wound, recalling he decided his Kubota tractor was unsuitable for transport and told police he would find a more appropriate vehicle.
- In a statement to "independent media," the Swifts claimed the outcome "could have been avoided if protocol and common sense, decency, humanity and reason had... been employed on that day," while accepting Freeman killed the officers.
- An inquest into the incident will begin later this month, while police previously confirmed they would not pursue charges against the Swifts due to "insufficient evidence" following a meticulous investigation by Taskforce Summit.
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Nearly nine months after two Victoria Police officers were gunned down in the state's high country, the owner of the remote property at the centre of the siege has broken his silence.Andrew Swift has described the chaotic aftermath of the shooting at his bushland property near Porepunkah, revealing he helped a third injured officer reach an ambulance after the attack carried out by Dezi Freeman.In a clip published by YouTube channel The Living F…
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‘Wet from blood’: Dezi Freeman’s landlord says he helped save wounded officer
Andrew Swift has spoken for the first time about the fatal police shooting at his remote property, saying he intervened to help rescue a third police officer.
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NewsOwner of property where Dezi Freeman murdered two cops breaks silence
The owner of the Porepunkah property where Dezi Freeman murdered two police officers has broken his silence, revealing the moment he stepped in to help a wounded officer.
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