A man who shot dead a beloved police officer who was attempting to repossess his home had earlier told a friend "I will kill them, no one is going to take my house off me".
Leigh Geoffrey Sushames, 47, hid behind a blue Ford Falcon holding a rifle in the carport of his rural property in northwest Tasmania on June 16, 2025, as two officers approached.
He had been told 12 days earlier by police they would be returning to follow through on a court's repossession order over outstanding mortgage payments spanning years.
