CANBERRA, Nov 17 (NNN-AAP) – A police officer was dead and another injured, following a shooting at a rural property in South Australia (SA).
SA Police Commissioner, Grant Stevens, this morning identified Brevet Sergeant, Jason Doig, 53, as the officer who was killed in the line of duty, last night.
Doig was responding to reports that a man had shot a dog, at a property near Bordertown, 240 km south-east of Adelaide, near SA’s border with Victoria, with colleagues Michael Hutchinson and Rebekah Cass at 11:20 p.m. local time, when they were confronted by a 26-year-old armed man, and Doig was shot.
Stevens said at a press conference that, colleagues and paramedics tried to save Doig but he died at the scene. Hutchinson, 59, was also shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The 26-year-old suspect was shot by police and was flown to Adelaide to be treated for life-threatening injuries.
“This is a tragic event that will have wide-ranging effects, not just for police but people who rely on police for the safety and security they enjoy in our community,” Stevens told reporters.
“I can only offer my sincerest condolences to Jason’s family and we hope Michael recovers quickly from his injuries.”
According to SA Police, it was the first death of an officer in the line of duty since 2002.
Stevens said, Doig had served in the SA Police since 1989, and announced a commissioner’s inquiry into his death.
In a statement posted on social media, Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign minister and a senator for SA, said, she was “devastated” for the family of Doig, and offered condolences to his family and the police community.– NNN-AAP
