The 57-year-old Australian police officer was shot in Rural Real Estate in Tasmania, while serving an order for return home, say the police.
The policeman arrived at the house in North Moton, near the town of Ulverton, on Monday morning when they fired him “Member of Public,” Tasmania police said in the statement.
Another officer returned the fire, injured the suspect’s hand. The suspects surrendered and later received treatment in the hospital, police said.
Deadly shootings remain rare in Australia, which has strict weapons laws.
Next Monday, recording was established a crime scene and in northern Moton, and the fatigue was informed, the police spokesman, adding that “there is no current public threat.”
“The security of our clerks is our priority number one, and to see that an officer who is tragically killed in these circumstances is really shocking,” said the donna Adams police commissioner later on Monday.
“We know that the police can be risky, but we expect every officer to finish the shift and return home to their families.”
The police are not to appoint an officer who is not respected for his family, as some family members have yet to be informed of his death, Mrs. Adams said.
He described it as “Original, reliable police officers” who served 25 years in the community.
He was followed by the “Older and Experienced Sergeant” on Monday morning to “serve the Court approved by the Court to return home,” Mrs. Adams said.
She added that the policeman was shot as he headed from the car to his car on the front of the house. He also praised the colleague, who managed to call help while “in a situation of danger and danger”.
The investigations of the incident are in progress, MS Adams said.
The police also said that support for well-being provided and affected.
In the statement, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff called the “Heart Tragedy” incident.
To everyone who had the honor of knowing this officer, especially his family and his colleagues … love the whole state is with you today. “
The shootings are relatively rare in Australia, which introduced some strictest firearm regulations after 35 people killed in the massacre of a lonely attacker in Arthur, Tasmania, 1996. years.
Additional reporting of KOH EVE.
