Harrowing footage released at an inquest into the death of a hero cop shows a crazed gunman opening fire at the police car after an off-road low-speed car chase.
Senior Constable Brett Forte died after his vehicle was peppered with 27 bullets from an automatic weapon fired by Ricky Maddison in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, on May 29, 2017.
Maddison, 40, was shot dead by police the following day after being asked to surrender more than 80 times during a 20-hour siege.
He had been wanted for domestic violence offences and had led officers on the half-hour police chase just minutes after having a lengthy phone call with Sergeant Peter Jenkins where he refused to hand himself in.