Revealed: The hidden location where police shot and killed fugitive Dezi Freeman
Fresh vision reveals the remote hideout where fugitive Dezi Freeman was tracked down and fatally shot, concluding a seven-month operation by Victoria Police to trace him.
Fresh vision has emerged showing the remote hideout where fugitive Dezi Freeman was tracked down and shot dead by police.
The 56-year-old had been on the run since the fatal shooting of two police officers on his property in Porepunkah, north-east Victoria, on August 26 last year.
Police confirmed Freeman was gunned down following a three-hour standoff between the fugitive and officers on Monday morning, starting around 5.30am.
Chief Commissioner Mike Bush described the hidden location as a building similar to a shipping container or a very long caravan.
Pictures show a large white, caravan-like structure that appears to have been used as a base, along with several vehicles positioned around the property. Picture: Jason Edwards/News Corp Australia
Dezi Freeman was shot dead at Tholongolong, near Walwa in Victoria’s north-east, following a major police operation on Monday morning. Picture: Jason Edwards/News Corp Australia
The development brings to a close a seven-month operation to find Freeman, who has been on the run since August 2025. Picture: Jason Edwards/News Corp Australia
New images show the off-grid site at Thologolong, near Walwa, where police closed in on the cop killer.
The photos feature a large white, caravan-like structure that appears to have been used as a base, along with several vehicles positioned around the property.
Additional footage sheds light on the dense bushland surrounding the remote site where the police operation took place.
Asked if Victoria Police had received a tip-off about Freeman’s whereabouts, Chief Commissioner Bush did not elaborate on what led to the shooting.
“It followed a thorough and diligent investigation,” he told reporters at a press conference on Monday.
Police believe Freeman was armed during the standoff, although it has not been confirmed whether he fired at officers.
The development brings to a close a seven-month operation to find Freeman, who has been on the run since August 2025.
In September last year, specialist police combed through bushland, caves, mineshafts, huts, and gorges in the hunt.
At the time, the search was described as the “largest ever tactical policing operation” in Australia’s history.
Cops from every jurisdiction across Australia, as well as New Zealand, were involved in the high-scale searches to trace him.
On February 2, Task Force Summit Detective Inspector Adam Tiley told reporters that police did not believe that Freeman was still alive and there had been “no proof of life” since the day of the shooting.
“We don’t believe that he is still in the area alive,” Detective Inspector Tiley said.
“We have done extensive searching of the caves, the mines, the huts, the rivers. We are comfortable that we don’t believe he is here alive.
“We do believe strongly that he is in this area – deceased.”
Earlier this month, police revealed Freeman’s wife Amalia (Mali) Freeman, 42, along with two others, would not be charged with obstructing police investigating last year’s fatal shooting.
Police confirmed they would not charge three people who were interviewed during the search for Freeman due to “insufficient evidence”.
The fugitive’s wife was one of the people interviewed by police, along with another Porepunkah man, 56.
A third person was interviewed over an attempted theft.
