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The '''Wieambilla police shootings''' were the 2022 murders of ] officers, Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and a civilian, Alan Dare, on a rural property at ], a locality in ], Australia. The perpetrators, two men (Nathaniel and Gareth Train) and a woman, were shot dead by Queensland police responding to the incident.<ref name="Read">{{cite news |last1=Read |first1=Chloe |last2=Wuth |first2=Robyn |last3=Cosoleto |first3=Tara |title=Six dead, including two police officers, after shooting and siege at rural property |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/multiple-officers-involved-in-shooting-west-of-brisbane-20221212-p5c5rv.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Brisbane Times |date=13 December 2022}}</ref> The '''Wieambilla police shootings''' were the 2022 murders of ] officers, Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and a civilian, Alan Dare, on a rural property at ], a locality in ], Australia. The perpetrators, two men (Nathaniel and Gareth Train) and a woman, Stacey Train (Gareth’s Wife), were shot dead by Queensland police responding to the incident.<ref name="Read">{{cite news |last1=Read |first1=Chloe |last2=Wuth |first2=Robyn |last3=Cosoleto |first3=Tara |title=Six dead, including two police officers, after shooting and siege at rural property |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/multiple-officers-involved-in-shooting-west-of-brisbane-20221212-p5c5rv.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Brisbane Times |date=13 December 2022}}</ref>


The murders occurred on the afternoon of 11 December 2022. Investigating reports of a missing person (Nathaniel Train), four police officers attended a rural property at Wieambilla, a rural locality {{convert|270|km|mi}} north west of the state capital, Brisbane. On arrival, armed offenders shot the police in what was described as an "ambush".<ref name="Read" /> Arnold and McCrow were critically wounded and a third officer escaped to raise the alarm. A neighbour, Alan Dare, investigating the gunfire, was also shot and died<ref name="Read" /> The murders occurred on the afternoon of 11 December 2022. Investigating reports of a missing person (Nathaniel Train), four police officers attended a rural property at Wieambilla, a rural locality {{convert|270|km|mi}} north west of the state capital, Brisbane. On arrival, armed offenders shot the police in what was described as an "ambush".<ref name="Read" /> Arnold and McCrow were critically wounded and a third officer escaped to raise the alarm. A neighbour, Alan Dare, investigating the gunfire, was also shot and died<ref name="Read" />

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2022 murders of two police officers at Wieambilla, Queensland, Australia
Wieambilla shootings
Location251 Wains Road , Queensland, Australia.
Date12 December 2022 4:30 p.m - 10:30 p.m (AEST, UTC+10:00)
Attack typeShootout, ambush
Deaths6 (Including three suspects)
Injured1
PerpetratorsNathaniel and Gareth Train, female partner of Gareth

The Wieambilla police shootings were the 2022 murders of Queensland Police officers, Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and a civilian, Alan Dare, on a rural property at Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland, Australia. The perpetrators, two men (Nathaniel and Gareth Train) and a woman, Stacey Train (Gareth’s Wife), were shot dead by Queensland police responding to the incident.

The murders occurred on the afternoon of 11 December 2022. Investigating reports of a missing person (Nathaniel Train), four police officers attended a rural property at Wieambilla, a rural locality 270 kilometres (170 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane. On arrival, armed offenders shot the police in what was described as an "ambush". Arnold and McCrow were critically wounded and a third officer escaped to raise the alarm. A neighbour, Alan Dare, investigating the gunfire, was also shot and died

Later that evening, Queensland Police raided the property and fatally shot two men and a woman believed to be the perpetrators.

Before the incident

Queensland Police were asked to conduct a check on a missing person at the Wieambilla property by the New South Wales Police Force as part of an ongoing missing persons case. New South Wales police reported this missing person would occasionally make contact with people. however after this missing person had not made contact for several days, concerns about their safety and wellbeing were raised which required police to visit their last known location and perform a welfare check.

References

  1. ^ Read, Chloe; Wuth, Robyn; Cosoleto, Tara (13 December 2022). "Six dead, including two police officers, after shooting and siege at rural property". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 13 December 2022.


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