Wieambilla shootings: New details on murders of Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow
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Harrowing details of the last moments of two police officers shot dead by a trio of doomsday preppers have emerged after they said goodbye at a joint memorial service in Brisbane.
Daily Mail Australia has learned that Constable Matthew Arnold was killed by a rifle shot, while Constable Rachel McCrow’s initial injury was likely not life-threatening.
Constable Arnold was shot in the stomach when he and Constable McCrow were ambushed at a property in Wieambilla in Queensland’s Western Downs district last week.
The bullet traveled up Agent Arnold’s spine to somewhere near his neck and he died almost instantly.
Harrowing details of the last moments of two police officers shot dead by a trio of doomsday preppers have emerged after they said goodbye at a joint memorial service in Brisbane. Agent Rachel McCrow (above) was executed while she was bandaging a wound
Agent Matthew Arnold (above) was killed by a rifle shot, while Agent Rachel McCrow’s initial injury was likely not life-threatening. The two police officers were murdered by doomsday preparers Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train in Wieambilla on December 12.
Officer McCrow received a first blow to the leg with a bullet or shotgun pellet and had been trying to stem the flow of blood from the wound with a tourniquet when she was shot in the head at point-blank range.
It was previously reported that Doomsday setters Nathaniel, Gareth, and Stacey Train had taken Agent Arnold’s Glock pistol and used it to kill Agent McCrow.
Four officers had gone to the Trains’ home, some 300 kilometers northwest of Brisbane, to check on Nathaniel Train’s whereabouts at around 4:30 p.m. on December 12.
It is understood that Officer McCrow, 29, and Officer Arnold, 26, arrived together in a vehicle to meet a car containing Officers Keely Brough and Randall Kirk, both 28 years old.
This graphic shows how Agents McCrow and Arnold, as well as neighbor Alan Dare, were ambushed and shot to death by Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train on their remote farm.
Four officers had gone to the Trains’ home, some 300km north-west of Brisbane, to verify the whereabouts of Nathaniel Train at around 4:30pm on December 12. The property is photographed.
Officer McCrow (left) was trying to stop the flow of blood from a leg wound when she was shot in the head. Officer Arnold was shot in the stomach and the bullet lodged near her neck.
Officers McCrow and Arnold honked their horns to alert residents to their presence and when there was no movement inside the home, the four officers got out of their cars and jumped over a locked fence.
Seconds later, the Trains opened fire on the agents, hitting three of them.
Agent Kirk was shot in the leg but managed to escape. Agent Brough was able to escape from her to hide in the nearby bushes while the gunmen tried to give chase.
The terrified officer sent a text to her loved ones telling them she felt her time was almost up. The murderous trio then set the bush on fire in an attempt to get her out.
Neighbour Alan Dare, 58, ran onto the property after hearing gunshots and seeing smoke and was shot and killed.
Thousands of police officers formed an honor guard for the slain police officers on Wednesday, before a state service with full police honors was held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Agent Brough was able to keep in touch with her colleagues and was eventually rescued by a specialized police tactical team that had rushed to the scene.
The shooters’ reign of terror lasted several more hours until they were finally killed by members of the Special Emergency Response Team around 10:30 p.m.
Thousands of police officers formed an honor guard for the slain police officers on Wednesday, before a state service with full police honors was held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
The heartbroken families of the slain police officers were joined by police officers and dignitaries, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as members of the public lined the streets.
The heartbroken families of the slain police officers were joined by police officers and dignitaries, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as the public lined the streets.
Constables McCrow and Arnold were posthumously awarded the Queensland Police Medal of Valor, the Queensland Police Service Medal, the National Police Service Medal and the National Service Medal.
Gareth Train has been revealed as a kooky conspiracy theorist who made deranged posts in the comment sections of fringe news websites.
In an online tirade, Gareth wrote that the Australian government was responsible for the Port Arthur Massacre, where 35 people were killed in 1996.
“Anyone who watched the live media coverage at the time and was aware of the political hoax that took place knows that this was a government psy-op to disarm the Australian population,” he wrote in November 2020.
The Trains’ reign of terror came to an end when they were shot dead in their home (above) by members of Queensland’s elite tactical police unit, the Special Emergency Response Team.
Just two months earlier, Gareth had claimed that “chemical agents” had been dropped over Australia, covering much of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
“Now we are being poisoned and chemically manipulated on a massive scale,” he wrote.
Gareth also regularly shared his mistrust of the SERT squad who came to his house and shot him dead.
“The state-sponsored terrorist squads – SOG, SERT and other special people are nothing more than government paramilitary hammers,” he said in September last year.
His most outrageous claims were from April last year, where he spoke of a ‘hidden blood sacrifice’, which he claimed was responsible for the death of Princess Diana and 9/11.
“Most do not accept that the death of Princess Diana was a occult blood sacrifice to bewitch or the 9/11 blood sacrifice or the war machine,” he said.