Police around the country are grieving the loss of two police constables in their 20s after execution-style murders in QLD last night. FULL STORY: 9News
The shooting took place at a property on Wains Road at Wieambilla, about 300km west of Brisbane. Wieambilla is in the Western Downs region of the state, close to Chinchilla.
Two officers, Constable Matthew Arnold and Constable Rachel McCrow, aged 26 and 29, were killed at the scene, along with a neighbour of the property. A third officer, Constable Randall Kirk, 28, suffered a bullet graze and was taken to hospital. A fourth officer, Constable Keely Brough, 28, managed to escape and hide while coming under fire from the shooters.
Two men and a woman were shot dead during a confrontation with police shortly after 10.30pm, police said.
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