{"id":30599,"date":"2026-03-30T07:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30599"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:41:28","slug":"fugitive-dezi-freeman-shot-dead-by-australian-police-after-seven-months-in-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/03\/30\/fugitive-dezi-freeman-shot-dead-by-australian-police-after-seven-months-in-hiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive Dezi Freeman shot dead by Australian police after seven months in hiding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian police have shot and killed Dezi Freeman after the double-murderer spent seven months on the run.<\/b><\/p>\n

A\u00a0well-known conspiracy theorist<\/a>, Freeman gunned down two police officers on his property in the small Victorian town of Porepunkah last August, before fleeing into dense bushland and evading extensive searches.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police say a man was shot dead after an hours-long standoff at a rural property in the state’s north-east on Monday morning. Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said the man is believed to be Freeman, 56, but formal identification is still underway.<\/p>\n

“Today an evil man is dead,” said Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. “It’s over.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police say they surrounded a building – described as a cross between a shipping container and a long caravan – on a rural property around 5:30 local time.<\/p>\n

After three hours and multiple police pleas, a man believed to be Freeman came outside and was shot dead.<\/p>\n

Details are still being confirmed, Bush told reporters, but he believes Freeman emerged wrapped in a blanket and armed with a gun, possibly one taken from one of the slain officers back in August.<\/p>\n

“Our ultimate goal was to arrest the person,” Bush said.<\/p>\n

“There was an opportunity for him to surrender peacefully but he did not.”<\/p>\n

No officers were hurt during the operation, police said, which will be investigated, as is standard in police shootings.<\/p>\n

The squad sent to Freeman’s property on 26 August was there to search it over an investigation into sex offences, when two senior constables – Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart – were killed by Freeman.<\/p>\n

Their families were the first to be told about Freeman’s death, Bush said, adding that it would take 24 to 48 hours to confirm the identity of the body.<\/p>\n

“Should [his identity] be confirmed\u2026 this brings closure to what was a tragic and terrible event.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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