The extraordinary bravery of 16 commended field cops as their desperate plan to rescue comrades killed by doomsday preppers before the special ops police arrive is revealed.
A group of 16 police officers on duty rescued three colleagues from the shots
Four officers were shot during a search of a bush property in Wieambilla
Two were killed, one escaped, and another was forced to hide in nearby bushes.
The general officers rescued their hidden comrades and recovered the bodies.
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The daring plan hatched by a team of rural general police officers to rescue their comrades from a hail of bullets while waiting for the arrival of specialized teams has been revealed.
A group of 16 officers decided they could not wait for extraction teams to reach Wieambilla, some 300 kilometers west of Brisbane, on Monday after a group of four officers were shot during a routine search operation.
Officers Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold, Keeley Brough and Randall Kirk attended the Wieambilla property to search for missing man Nathaniel Train in response to a tip.
However, as they approached the dilapidated house on the property, they were met with violent gunshots from Nathaniel, his brother Gareth Train, and Gareth’s wife, Stacey.
A group of 16 Police Generals rescued Keeley Brough and recovered the bodies of Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold during a shootout in Wieambilla on Monday (shooting scene pictured)
Officer Keeley Brough (left) was forced to hide in nearby bushland during Monday’s shootout, while Randall Kirk (right) was shot in the leg.
Stacey was previously married to Nathaniel.
McCrow and Arnold were shot to death ‘execution’ style before the murderous trio stole their guns.
Kirk was shot in the leg, but managed to flee to his police car and drive from the scene to seek medical help.
However, Officer Brough remained trapped on the property. He managed to run and hide in the nearby bushes, but the trains chased after her.
When the gunmen couldn’t find her, they set fire to the grass where she was hiding in hopes of getting her out.
Police went to the Wieambilla property on Monday to search for missing man Nathaniel Train (centre) but were shot by Nathaniel, his brother Gareth (left) and Gareth’s wife Stacey.
Police officers Rachel McCrow (left) and Matthew Arnold (right) were fatally shot Monday.
Brough fully believed that she would be shot or burned alive, so she began texting her family and colleagues to say goodbye.
Meanwhile, 16 general officers from the surrounding areas, under the leadership of a Dalby sergeant, gathered in front of the property to plan their next move, the mail reports.
They were not sure how many, if any, of the officers had survived.
The group used the car of Alan Dare, the Trains neighbor who was shot dead when he came to investigate the shooting, as a makeshift heavy armored vehicle to quickly enter the property.
While under heavy fire from Nathaniel, Gareth, and Stacey, the 16 officers recovered the bodies of McCrow and Arnold.
Brough was later able to speak to police via text message and arrange a meeting point for the rescue.
The general officers rescued their colleagues while waiting specialist units, but faced heavy fire from Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey (Pictured Nathaniel and Stacey on their wedding day)
Early investigations suggest the shooting was carefully planned by the trio of conspiracy theorists (police on scene pictured)
The three officers were recovered before the specialized units arrived.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll praised the officers’ courage earlier this week.
“That…was incredible bravery,” he said.
Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train were shot dead by specialized forces after failed negotiations.
Early police investigations suggest that the Trains had carefully planned the attack with surveillance technology and ammunition caches allegedly discovered on the property.
It is understood that the trio were anti-authority conspiracy theorists.
Detectives are also looking into whether the initial lead that led officers to search the property came from the trio.