Overview

• A 46-year-old North Motton man was charged on June 19 with murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault after Constable Keith Anthony Smith was shot during a repossession warrant.
• Smith, a 25-year veteran who received the Commissioner’s Medal and National Police Service Medal, was the first Tasmanian officer killed in the line of duty in over a century.
• A member of the Tasmania Police Special Operations Group shot the alleged gunman in the hand before he was arrested and taken to hospital under guard.
• Tasmania Police professional standards investigators alongside the coroner are probing whether officers were aware of a weapon at the property prior to the shooting.
• Commissioner Donna Adams praised the investigative teams’ professionalism as colleagues and community members prepare to honour Smith at a funeral on June 27.