Australia Police Search Bush For Gunman After Two Officers Killed

Police searched the Australian bush on Aug 27 for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.

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POREPUNKAH, Australia - Police searched the Australian bush on Aug 27 for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.

Officers had searched through the night for the man, identified as Dezi Freeman, who fled on foot after a shoot-out on the morning of Aug 27 in the north-east of Victoria state.

Police said they have deployed "every resource" to find him, setting up a wide cordon at the scene, a rural property with a house and a bus in the small town of Porepunkah.

The gunman, described by local media as a radicalised conspiracy theorist, has survival skills and knows the area better than his pursuers, police said.

"The suspect for this horrific event is still at large," Victoria police chief commissioner Mike Bush said at a news conference.

"I can assure everyone that we are pouring every resource into this search for this person. We must find him," he added. "He is very dangerous. He's killed two police officers and injured a third."