Overview
- Officers conducted firearms testing on November 5 near Barrett Lane and Rayner Track following a report of a single gunshot around 11:45am on August 26.
- Police fired into nearby bushland during operations linked to the search and later reported that extensive sweeps found no trace of Dezi Freeman.
- Taskforce Summit used acoustic recording equipment to capture gunshot echoes in an effort to pinpoint the shot’s origin.
- Authorities are appealing for anyone who heard the shot or believes they may have fired it to contact police immediately.
- A $1 million reward remains in place for information leading to Freeman’s arrest after the fatal shootings of Detectives Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart and the wounding of a third officer.