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Brett Forte s partner tells inquest his actions the day he was killed by Rick Maddison saved her life
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Senior Constable Brett Forte was killed in a shooting on May 29, 2017.
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The partner of a Queensland policeman killed by a gunman says the officer s actions shortly before his death saved her life.
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The coroner is investigating the circumstances of the deaths of Senior Constable Brett Forte and gunman Rick Maddison
Senior Constable Forte s partner said officer s knew it was a high-risk operation
The inquest is expected to hear evidence from other police officers involved in the case
A Queensland police officer has held back tears telling how she was sitting just centimetres away from colleague Brett Forte before they were showered in gunfire.
Speaking today at the coronial inquest into the shooting death of Senior Constable Forte, Senior Constable Katherine Nielsen described a shooting gallery as gunman Rick Maddison opened fire on their squad car in May 2017.
Senior Constable Nielsen claimed to have been threatened by superiors after she started asking questions about the circumstances that led to Senior Constable Forte s death â even revealing her gun was taken off her.
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Recounting the moment Maddison opened fire on her and Senior Constable Forte s patrol car on a steep and narrow stretch of road in the Lockyer Valley, Senior Constable Nielsen said she couldn t understand what was going on.
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Man who killed officer expressed venom towards police in alcohol-fuelled rants, inquest hears
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Police officer Brett Forte, killed in a shooting incident west of Brisbane, May 29, 2017.
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An inquest into the death of Toowoomba police officer Brett Forte has heard of his killer s alcohol-fueled rants about police in the months before the fatal shooting in May 2017.
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The second day of the inquest hears from a friend of killer Ricky Maddison
Maddison was living in a shed on Adam Byatt s property at the time of the shooting
The inquest is examining the circumstances around the death of Senior Constable Brett Forte