Porepunkah shooting update: alleged gunman fled with ‘powerful firearms’ and ‘understands bushcraft well’, police say

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Porepunkah shooting suspect Dezi Freeman knows the bushland near his property better than police, the chief commissioner has conceded, and likely took all his firearms with him when he fled.

The Victoria police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, on Wednesday confirmed the 56-year-old was the subject of a manhunt under way after two police officers were shot dead and another injured at a property in Porepunkah, in north-east Victoria.