Fugitive in Porepunkah shootings shot dead after months on the run
Victoria police shot and killed fugitive Dezi Freeman after a seven-month manhunt over the Porepunkah shootings that killed two officers; Freeman (also known as Desmond Filby) was killed following a prolonged standoff at a remote rural property near Walwa, with police saying the incident appears justified and the identity is being formally confirmed. The operation, described as the largest policing effort in Victoria, involved multiple agencies and ongoing inquiries into possible accomplices.
