Two Cops, One Bystander Killed During Gunfire Exchange in Rural Australia

The two officers and a 58-year-old civilian were shot dead by three suspected shooters outside a house in rural Australia. All three of the alleged shooters were also killed.

Two Cops, One Bystander Killed During Gunfire Exchange in Rural Australia

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carrol said four police officers went to a remote property in Wieambilla, 186 miles northwest of Brisbane, during a search for a missing person, Angus Watson, and Jessie Yeung, report for CNN. As they arrived on the scene, three alleged shooters fired shots at the officers, killing two of them and a 58-year-old civilian. The other two officers were treated for minor injuries, and the suspected shooters were killed during the exchange. Train, the missing person the officers were searching for, was one of the three shooting suspects killed. The other two were Train’s brother and his wife.