Radio Brisvaani
Police sources confirmed that an officer had died, after being shot, while responding to a traffic incident in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.
Shots were fired at police on Wallers Road in Seventeen Mile about 2pm and an officer was hit. Police declared an emergency situation at 3.40pm with an exclusion zone in place for the area of Fords Road, Forestry Road West, Sandy Creek Road, Gerard Lane, 17 Mile, Wallers Road and Forest Road.
The gunman remained on the run and residents had been told to stay inside as specialist police were responding.
A witness, who lives on Wallers Road, said he saw four police cars chasing a four-wheel-drive before they disappeared into the trees. This was followed by what Mr Lyons described as gunfire that “sounded like a machinegun” and what he thought sounded like pistol shots in return. He said in the hour since the opening exchanges of gunfire, he had heard occasional shots until just before 4pm. He said helicopters were circling overhead and police cars had been tearing past his home and he estimated the gunfire to be three to four kilometres from his home.
Source: Brisbane Times
