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Cait Kelly in Porepunkah, Catie McLeod in Bright and Daisy Dumas

Porepunkah police shooting: wife of alleged killer Dezi Freeman arrested in late-night raid as manhunt continues

Dezi Freeman Police Porepunkah Victoria Anthony Albanese Guardian Australia Russell Barrett
A BearCat vehicle passes a police car at a roadblock on Mt Buffalo Road, just west of Porepunkah
Police have arrested, interviewed and now released the wife of a 56-year-old ‘sovereign citizen’, Dezi Freeman, accused of killing two police officers and injuring another in a shooting in Porepunkah in Victoria’s high country. Photograph: Stuart Walmsley/The Guardian

Police overnight arrested the wife of Porepunkah shooting suspect Dezi Freeman, interviewing and releasing the 42-year-old woman and a 15-year-old boy “pending further inquiries” as the manhunt in Victoria’s high country continues.

As the massive police operation to find the alleged cop killer marked its fourth day on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology issued an emergency warning for severe thunderstorms in Victoria’s north-east, including the town of Porepunkah.

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