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Inquest into death of slain cop, four years after caught in ambush
Monday April 12, 2021
An inquest is set to begin into the deaths of Queensland police officer Brett Forte and the man who shot him four years ago.
An inquest begins today into the shooting of Queensland Police constable Brett Forte (Pic: Supplied)
Senior Constable Forte died after his vehicle was peppered with 27 bullets when Ricky Maddison opened fire with an automatic weapon 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.
An inquest into the…
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