Overview

• Police announced a reward of up to one million Australian dollars to encourage information from people who have not yet come forward, a Victoria Police commander said Saturday.
• The suspect, identified by AFP as 56-year-old Desmond Freeman, allegedly opened fire at his rural property about 300 kilometers northeast of Melbourne, killing two officers and seriously injuring a third who underwent surgery.
• Freeman fled into nearby bushland with multiple firearms and remains at large despite daily deployments of more than 450 officers searching rugged terrain.
• Investigators say there is no confirmed accomplice, though help cannot be ruled out given the environment, and they also have not excluded the possibility that the suspect has taken his own life.
• Authorities associate the suspect with the 'Sovereign Citizens' ideology, and police last week searched a property and briefly detained his wife and son for questioning.