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.