Porepunkah shooting: police hunt ‘dangerous’ suspect who fled into bush after allegedly killing two officers ‘in cold blood’

Published on August 26, 2025 at 09:06 AM
Porepunkah shooting: police hunt ‘dangerous’ suspect who fled into bush after allegedly killing two officers ‘in cold blood’

Victoria police believe alleged offender is heavily armed and urge local residents to stay indoors

A manhunt is under way after two Victorian police officers were “murdered in cold blood” and another wounded at a shooting at a rural property in the High Country town of Porepunkah.

Victorian police commissioner, Mike Bush, said the suspect – believed to be “heavily armed” – was still at large. Bush urged the wider community to stay indoors and said a “full deployment” was under way on Tuesday evening to find the suspect who he described as “obviously a very dangerous person”.

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