Overview

• Multiple outlets reported a heavy police operation at a Chandler Court address on Thursday night with residents escorted from a home, though Victoria Police has not disclosed the outcome.
• Authorities say there have been no confirmed sightings of the 56-year-old, and hundreds of officers are now searching properties, mines, caves and dugouts across rugged alpine bushland.
• Victoria Police issued a dangerous-person alert advising Porepunkah residents to stay indoors and limit travel, with broader advice to avoid routes to nearby snowfields.
• Detective Neal Thompson, 59, and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart, 35, were killed during a Tuesday warrant service; a third officer had surgery and is expected to recover, with reports the warrant related to alleged child sex offending.
• Police believe Freeman is heavily armed and have not recovered the weapons used; officers are in contact with his partner, urging him to surrender and warning that anyone assisting him could face prosecution.