Police didnât link cop killer with machine gun fire
A senior policeman ânever made the linkâ between cop killer Ricky Maddison and earlier reports of automatic gunfire in the Lockyer Valley.
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by Kate Kyriacou, Thomas Chamberlin
22nd Apr 2021 12:05 PM
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The team leader of the squad hunting for paranoid gunman Ricky Maddison said he "never made the link" between reports of machine gun fire on the edge of the Lockyer National Park despite the park being a "specific target area" of their search.
Sergeant Dan Curtain is giving evidence at the inquest into the murder of Senior Constable Brett Forte and the death of gunman Ricky Maddison in 2017.