Cauchi killed six people and injured several others in the stabbing attack before he was stopped by Scott.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n On Monday, NSW Police<\/a> said they had \u201csome tough news to share\u201d and announced that Scott had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd just as she is so much more than her diagnosis, she is so much more than \u2018the hero of Bondi Junction\u2019,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is a loving wife, mother of two young boys, devoted to serving the community through her work as a NSW Police Officer, and widely known as selfless, compassionate, and kind.\u201d<\/p>\n In a fundraiser created<\/a> to help Scott through her medical treatment, her workmates said their \u201cbeautiful friend and colleague\u201d is \u201cevery bit the remarkable human you would think\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is fiercely independent and the first to champion others,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhilst she is being well supported by her family, friends and colleagues, Amy has a long uphill battle ahead to beat this insidious disease.\u201d<\/p>\n The fundraiser surpassed its $25,000 goal within hours of being launched.<\/p>\n \u201cAmy now needs the strength, compassion, and support of her community,\u201d the fundraiser said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a powerful reminder that even our strongest people are human.\u201d<\/p>\n An outpouring of public support has flooded the NSW Police Facebook page following the announcement.<\/p>\n \u201cAmy has touched the lives of some many in NSW and Australia,\u201d one supporter wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cA heroine who deserves our support,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n A retired British police officer also commented on the announcement, saying, \u201call your police family throughout the world support you now as they did on that day at Bondi Junction\u201d.<\/p>\n Scott was the first police officer on the scene the day of the Bondi Junction Shopping Centre attack.<\/p>\n As Cauchi ran at her with a knife, Scott fired, stopping the attack less than 90 seconds after entering the mall.<\/p>\n Two shots felled Cauchi, while a third hit was said to have hit a pot plant behind him.<\/p>\n Giving evidence at the NSW Coroners Court in May last year, Scott said she had resigned herself to the fact that \u201cI was probably going to die\u201d as she ran in to confront Cauchi.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople started saying to me … \u2018he\u2019s killing people, you\u2019ve got to help us, please get in there\u2019,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt changed my response immediately. I considered it to be an active armed offender and I also knew that I couldn\u2019t wait any more for my colleagues to arrive \u2014 I just had to go in.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Amy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c2e81f77f8dfb6e394de8323c38689bb0a17bac6-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.jpg\")
Amy Scott with her wife and two children. Credit: NSW Police<\/p>\n![\"Amy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2a3e8bef3d95e404c0c84f83089777b93db2b0a2-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.jpg\")
Amy Scott shot Joel Cauchi’s dead stopping his deadly mall rampage. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n