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Dezi Freeman (left) and police officers Vadim de Waart-Hottart (top right) and Neal Thompson (pictured earlier in his policing career).

‘Can you hear us, Thomo?’ Court learns of officers’ final moments in Porepunkah shooting

New details of the horror that occurred in August 2025 – and Freeman’s death in March – were revealed at the Coroners Court of Victoria on Monday.

  • Erin Pearson

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Dezi Freeman (left) and police offivcers Vadim de Waart-Hottart (top right) and Neal Thompson.

Dezi Freeman inquest as it happened: The moment a stand-off between Dezi Freeman and police turned deadly

Details of a police stand-off with Dezi Freeman and the moment he killed two officers at a remote property in Porepunkah have been aired in the Coroners Court.

  • Erin Pearson, Grant McArthur and Adam Cooper
Dezi Freeman’s landlord has broken his silence on the shooting at his Porepunkah property last year.

‘Just be calm’: Dezi Freeman’s landlord breaks silence on police shooting

Andrew Swift has recalled the frantic moments before and after his tenant killed two police officers at his Porepunkah property.

  • Isabel McMillan
The Living Free Movement posted a short teaser for their interview with Andrew Swift, Dezi Freeman’s landlord.

‘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.

  • Angus Delaney
Dezi Freeman, pictured at a protest in Myrtleford, was shot dead by police on Monday after months on the run.

Dezi Freeman associates arrested then released without charge

A man and a woman who were arrested at separate properties in north-east Victoria have been interviewed and then freed as detectives probe how the police killer evaded them for months.

  • Tom Minear and Melissa Cunningham
The location of Porepunkah, the scene of the police killings, and the property near Walwa where Dezi Freeman was found.

Dezi Freeman’s family finally got him a mental health appointment. He never made it

Just weeks before the Porepunkah shootings, Freeman had finally been convinced to get psychiatric help.

  • Melissa Cunningham, Grant McArthur and Lachlan Abbott
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What do I do now?: Comedia David Quirk has had to rethink and rework his Porepunkah show since Monday.

This comic wrote a show about Porepunkah. Then the news stole his punchline

Topical comedy is all well and good but as David Quirk discovered this week, it comes with big risks.

  • Karl Quinn
Clad in a doona when he confronted police, Dezi Freeman was shot dead on Monday morning.

Dezi Freeman formally identified by Victoria Police

Forensic testing has confirmed the man killed by police on Monday at a remote property on the banks of the Murray River was Dezi Freeman.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Lachlan Abbott
Dezi Freeman was killed after seven months on the run.

Dezi Freeman’s final days and the clues that could lead police to his helpers

More than 24 hours before they confronted a double police killer, the Special Operations Group moved into their go positions and lay in wait, using electronic surveillance to confirm their fugitive was alone.

  • John Silvester
Police at Thologolong.

Dezi Freeman’s short stay at remote property betrayed by inner circle

Police believe the double killer had not been at his remote bush hideout long before a tip-off led them to his location.

  • Grant McArthur, Sherryn Groch, Marta Pascual Juanola, Cameron Houston, John Silvester, Chris Vedelago and Carla Jaeger