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Rex Martinich

Outgunned cop had 'no alternative' but to flee ambush

Constable Randall Kirk managed to escape an ambush that killed two of his colleagues in 2022. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A police officer who survived a shooting ambush in rural Queensland had "no alternative" but to run as his handgun was outmatched by men with high-powered rifles, a coroner has heard.

Constable Randall Kirk was wounded after he and three other junior officers entered a property at Wieambilla, northwest of Brisbane, as part of a missing persons inquiry on the afternoon of December 12, 2022.

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