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It started with four police officers walking down a bush path on a routine general duty job, and ended with six dead and many more traumatized.
New details of how the ambush of a team of four Queensland police officers at a remote property in Wieambilla, west of Brisbane, unfolded at around 4:30pm on Monday afternoon, may be revealed.
Officers attended a property on Wains Road. after being asked by their NSW Police colleagues to check on the missing school principal, Nathaniel Train.
Mr Train had not been seen in a year, but had been speaking to his family before contact suddenly stopped in October. Officers headed to the remote bush house owned by Nathaniel’s brother, Gareth Train, and his wife Stacey, as they believed he had been living there.
It is understood that Officer Rachel McCrow, 29, and Officer Matthew Arnold, 26, arrived in the first vehicle to meet a second car containing Officer Keely Brough and Officer Randall Kirk, both 28, before approaching the property.
McCrow and Arnold then honked their horns to alert the residents of their presence. When there was no movement inside the home, the four officers got out of their cars and jumped over the locked fence.
Seconds later, a hail of bullets rained down on the four officers, believed to have been fired by Nathaniel and Gareth Train and Gareth’s wife, Stacey.
Constance McCrow and Agent Arnold were instantly struck and fell to the ground.
Four officers had attended a property on Wains Road, in Wieambilla, west of Brisbane, around 4:30pm on Monday, after being asked by their colleagues in New South Wales to check on missing man Nathaniel Train. Two officers were shot and killed
Police had attended the Queensland property as part of inquiries into missing man Nathaniel Train (pictured), last seen in Dubbo in west-central New South Wales a year ago.
A third officer, Agent Randall Kirk, 28, a soon-to-be father of two, was shot in the leg but managed to escape. He is now recovering in the hospital.
The fourth police officer, Keely Brough, 28, was able to escape to hide in nearby bushes as the gunmen tried to catch her.
The assassins attacked the wounded police officers and shot them dead, at point blank range while stealing their weapons as Mrs Brough ran away.
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.
an innocent The passerby, Alan Dare, 58, who lived next door, ran after hearing the commotion but was killed after being caught in the crossfire.
At 6:00 p.m. Monday, police declared an emergency declaration zone around the property.
Officer Brough was able to keep in contact with her colleagues while hiding in the grass near the property, before being rescued by a specialized police tactical team who had rushed to the scene.
The shooters’ reign of terror lasted several more hours until they were finally shot dead by a squad of 16 elite officers at around 10:30 p.m. local time.
Constables Rachel McCrow, 29 (left) and Matthew Arnold, 26, (right) were shot dead as they entered Gareth Train’s property in Wieambilla, rural Queensland.
The property, owned by Gareth, who talked about preparing his home for an apocalypse, and his wife Stacey was well off the grid, had extensive solar panels and water tanks.
Four officers were at this Wains Road property in Wieambilla when they were shot
Ms Brough was taken to hospital shortly after being rescued by her colleagues and has since been released.
Daily Mail Australia previously revealed a series of bizarre and deranged posts made by Gareth 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 Tasmania 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.
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 Queensland Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), the same team that came to his home and shot him dead.
One of the two surviving officers, Constable Keeley Brough (pictured) fled into the surrounding bushland, where she texted family members believing she was going to die and urgently asking for help.
A third officer, Agent Randall Kirk, 28, a soon-to-be father of two, was shot in the leg but managed to escape. now recovering in hospital
Neighbor Alan Dare (pictured) was shot dead by the armed trio after he went to investigate the shooting.
“The state-sponsored terrorist squads – SOG, SERT and other special people are nothing more than government paramilitary hammers,” he said in September last year.
Nathaniel Train (pictured), had worked as a headmaster at various schools in Queensland and NSW
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.
‘Occult blood sacrifice goes hand in hand with the magic of hidden money.’ Occultism refers to the practices of supernatural beliefs.
Gareth also claimed that social media was “embedded with Lucifarian spells”.
He also wrote an anti-vaccination post, while in another he spoke about his thoughts on Queensland, which he referred to as the ‘badlands’.
Online, he said he had been “occupying the ark for the last five years preparing to survive tomorrow,” though he said he was happy living in Queensland despite its apparent failings.
“Bad cops, bad cell service, bad roads, bad advice, bad ice addicts, bad juvenile delinquency… but it’s still the best place to live free.”
Gareth had a strong dislike for the police force and an obsession with the so-called re-education camps.
In a thread about trains, Gareth wrote: ‘The re-education camps are located at the end of the line. Keeping an eye on the rail system will ensure there is no escape. Dissidents will find themselves taking the long black train.’
Meanwhile, his brother, Nathaniel Train, was a highly respected teacher who was hailed by his colleagues for his work with children, raising standards and dramatically improving test scores.
People are seen paying their respects outside the Chinchilla Police Station in Queensland after two officers were killed.
Bouquets of flowers and teddy bears have been left at the Chinchilla police station
He was well liked as headmaster of Yorkeys Knob State School near Cairns, where he was headmaster for around five years, after joining from Innisfail East State School, where he has been headmaster since 2011.
He was most recently CEO of Walgett Community College Elementary School.
“He made Yorkeys the highest performing NAPLAN school in Far North Queensland,” a former colleague told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday.
Nathaniel had not been seen since last December, but was in contact with his family until October. He was reported missing on December 4.
The former director left Walgett in August of last year after suffering a heart attack.
He had to be revived by school staff, and his mental health reportedly deteriorated significantly after he left.
Stacey Train was also an educator and head of curriculum at Tara Shire State College.
She also applied to be the representative of the Western Downs branch of the Queensland teachers union.
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