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NSW cops to testify at Wieambilla shootings inquest
A coroner investigating the shooting deaths of six people in rural Queensland will hear evidence from NSW Police officers involved in one of the killers being reported missing in their state.
NSW primary school principal Nathaniel Train, 46, entered Queensland 12 months before he joined his brother, Gareth Train, 47, in a fatal sniper ambush of two police officers at Wieambilla, west of Brisbane, on December 12, 2022.
State Coroner Terry Ryan is due on Monday to hear testimony in Brisbane from three NSW officers about how they handled a missing persons report for Nathaniel Train.
Nathaniel Train was reported missing in NSW eight days before the shootings by a close associate out of concern for him stopping his heart medication while spending months out of phone contact while camping in remote areas of Queensland.
Acting Inspector Simon Thorpe is due to give evidence about his meeting with the close associate in regional NSW in November 2022 over procedures for reporting a person as missing.
Queensland Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were shot dead while attempting to locate Nathaniel Train as a NSW missing person, and arrest him for firearms offences and illegally entering the state during COVID-19 border lockdowns.
Train along with Gareth Train and his sibling’s wife Stacey Train, 45, went on to also kill their neighbour Alan Dare, 58, soon afterwards.
All three Trains were shot dead hours later by specialist officers after they refused to surrender and opened fire on a police armoured vehicle.
Sergeant Grant Gannon is expected to testify about how he changed the “missing persons risk assessment” from “limited” to “high”, due to Nathaniel Train’s known cardiac condition.
Acting Inspector David Marr is due to give evidence about how he allocated the missing person report to a NSW detective for further investigation.
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