<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have fired shots into bushland near the Porepunkah property where fugitive Dezi Freeman allegedly gunned down two police officers in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-porepunkah-shooting-firearm-jammed-new-details-revealed/970df4ad-1557-4a38-a68b-ea18f5e6fad7" rel="" target="_blank" title="months-long search for the accused cop killer."><span>months-long search for the accused cop killer.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers conducted firearm testing in the vicinity of Barrett Lane and Rayner Track on November 5 following reports of a single gunshot in that area about 11.45am on the day of the fatal shootings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ten police were at the property on Rayner Track shortly after 10.30am on August 26 when police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart were killed and a third was wounded.</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>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sam-moodie-swooped-by-magpie-walk-home-from-school/579e32d2-8ef3-424c-ba5b-4d9e9a96af57" target="_blank" title="'Straight into the eye': Girl, 12, hospitalised after magpie swoop"><strong><span>'Straight into the eye': Girl, 12, hospitalised after magpie swoop</span></strong></a></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/national/nsw-police-state-government-to-probe-why-neonazis-could-use-parliament-as-stage-for-anti-jewish-rally/66839206-4fcf-4623-ad25-d4c36b20be45" target="_blank" title="Calls for tougher laws after 'disgraceful' mistake allows neo-Nazi protest to take place"><strong><span>Calls for tougher laws after 'disgraceful' mistake allows neo-Nazi protest to take place</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The area has since been searched by police however no trace of Freeman was located," police said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Investigators are hopeful that the firearms testing may assist police with the ongoing search."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-update-police-operation-in-search-for-dezi-freeman-after-report-of-single-gunshot-fired-august-26/e1d3cc97-7d78-47a1-bfcb-2ec1d436361e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers from Taskforce Summit used acoustic equipment to record gunshot echoes to try and pinpoint where the single shot may have been fired from, </span><a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-single-reported-gunshot-that-might-lead-police-to-dezi-freeman-20251107-p5n8is.html" rel="" target="_blank" title="The Age"><em><span>The Age</span></em></a><span> reports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria Police are now pleading for anyone who may have heard the gunshot to come forward.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They are also keen to speak to any member of the public who may have fired that gunshot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There has been no official sightings of Freeman since he fled into bushland following the alleged shooting.</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/national/queensland-premier-david-crisafulli-blasts-anthony-albanese-federal-government-over-hospital-funding/86b9bebf-c651-42eb-892b-4d00376f347c" rel="" target="_blank" title="Crisafulli ends 'cannoli diplomacy' with PM over hospital funding snub"><strong><span>Crisafulli ends 'cannoli diplomacy' with PM over hospital funding snub</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have previously said it is believed Freeman, a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/what-is-a-sovereign-citizen-movement-beliefs-explainer/968ac369-a7bd-4a6d-9465-7bc2a1d13bdf"><span>so-called sovereign citizen</span></a><span>, fled the property still heavily armed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators have characterised Freeman, who has links to the disparate sovereign citizen movement, as a skilled outdoorsman.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest remains on offer and anyone with information about his whereabouts has been urged to call triple zero.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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