Queensland police officer shot dead as 'wanted man' evades traffic stop

By Toby Crockford and Rachel Clun
Updated May 30 2017 - 8:47am, first published 7:10am
Police sent in a Special Emergency Response Team (pictured in a training exercise above) after the fatal shooting west of Brisbane. Photo: File image / QPS / Kalinda Photography
Police sent in a Special Emergency Response Team (pictured in a training exercise above) after the fatal shooting west of Brisbane. Photo: File image / QPS / Kalinda Photography

Police were negotiating with a gunman into Tuesday morning, after Senior Constable Brett Forte was killed during a traffic stop west of Brisbane Monday afternoon.

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