<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-update-police-tracked-car-to-hideout-on-rural-property-before-the-manhunt-ended-in-hail-of-bullets/ceab03c4-6d99-4417-9e9f-ee674d52548c" rel="" target="_blank" title="Dezi Freeman's"><span>Dezi Freeman's</span></a><span> sister has condemned her brother's actions after he was killed by police in a tense standoff following seven months on the run.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fugitive </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/dezi-freeman-update-inside-the-police-operation-that-killed-wanted-fugitive/8fd50030-4e87-4358-a6cb-7345a052f96a" rel="" target="_blank" title="died in a hail of bullets early on Monday"><span>died in a hail of bullets early on Monday</span></a><span> when police swooped on his hideout at a rural property in Thologolong, in Victoria's north east, marking a dramatic end to the biggest mahunt in Victoria's history.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-03/dezi-freemans-sister-speaks-out/106528326" rel="" target="_blank" title="In an interview with ABC's 7.30"><span>In an interview with ABC's 7.30</span></a><span>, Freeman's sibling – who does not want to be identified – said she is "ashamed and angry" of her brother and struggles to understand how he could murder two police officers.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-3-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/9ae35c37-7ca8-4b1e-ae30-753e5304eff4" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'More to follow': Trump posts video of key Iranian bridge cut in half</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-iran-fires-on-israel-and-gulf-neighbours-as-donald-trump-claims-threat-from-tehran-nearly-eliminated/9dad9d32-01b2-49e4-830e-eca9072d0c45" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>More than 40 nations meet to discuss securing the Strait of Hormuz</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I cannot comprehend how he could sacrifice being a father and husband to become Australia's most wanted fugitive," she said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-sister-speaks-out-after-fugitive-killed-by-police/feeddbc0-6d8f-42ff-b368-1aaed025ad90" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was shocked to learn that he had weapons and was armed, and that events played out the way they did in front of his wife and children, putting them at risk and how traumatic that would have been for them to witness.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Dez has wreaked havoc and evil to so many, and for what?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Freeman contacted his sister just three days before the shooting in Porepunkah with photos of his youngest son, she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the pair had been estranged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We were not close," she said, adding that her late parents would have been "horrified" at the events which led to Freeman's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/pam-bondi-leaves-us-attorney-general-role-donald-trump-announces/68822fbf-1eb5-4adc-856a-f92caf2c493e" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Pam Bondi out as US attorney general after controversial tenure</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She also described Freeman's wife Amalia and children as "beautiful people".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Freeman spent seven months in hiding after killing police officers Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart in Porepunkah on August 26.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The double police killer died in a volley of gunfire on Monday about 8.30am following a three-hour stand-off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are now investigating whether Freeman had any help evading capture during his time on the run.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will be speaking to anybody who we suspect may have assisted him to avoid detection or arrest," Victoria's Police Commissioner Mike Bush said after Freeman's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He pledged to bring charges against anybody complicit in Freeman's flight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a 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