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Read our full report here<\/a> on how police shot fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, Victoria.<\/p>\n Catch up on everything we know so far about the shooting here<\/a> and our explainer on who Freeman is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n And read Nino Bucci\u2019s feature on the seven-month search for Freeman \u2013 and the questions that still remain<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thanks for joining us.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.16 EDT<\/p>\n Freeman emerged from building with a weapon, commissioner says<\/p>\n Just recapping some of the key elements of the Victoria police chief commissioner Mike Bush\u2019s press conference.<\/p>\n Bush said he was confident officers had acted \u201cprofessionally\u201d, and he had seen video of the deceased man\u2019s interactions with police.<\/p>\n Police had been at the property about 24 hours. The standoff with the man \u2013 believed to be fugitive Dezi Freeman \u2013 lasted about three hours. He was shot dead by multiple police at about 8.30am.<\/p>\n Bush told reporters:<\/p>\n double quotation markIt is quite clear to us now that the deceased was given every opportunity to resolve this peacefully and did not take that option. I have seen a video of the deceased leaving the building and presenting a firearm at our offices. That action took away any discretion our officers had to resolve this peacefully.<\/p>\n \u201cWe tried everything possible, every tactical option that we have, to encourage the deceased to end this in a safe and peaceful manner. They weren\u2019t taken.<\/p>\n Commissioner Mike Bush at the scene where Dezi Freeman was shot dead in Thologolong, Victoria. Photograph: James Ross\/AAP<\/p>\n Bush was asked about how Freeman appeared before officers.<\/p>\n double quotation markHe did have something over his shoulders. The video I\u2019ve seen, he then pulled a firearm from underneath that and presented it at our people.<\/p>\n Bush was asked whether police had spoken to the owner of the property where Freeman was found, and whether they were a person of interest in the ongoing police investigation.<\/p>\n double quotation markWe\u2019re still trying to locate and speak with that person. We know who that person is, but we\u2019re yet to speak with them.<\/p>\n Police are confident the man shot by officers this morning was Freeman. But he has not yet been formally identified. That identification is expected with \u201c24 to 48 hours\u201d. During the three-hour standoff with police, Freeman gave information to officers which confirmed his identity, Bush said.<\/p>\n double quotation markDuring those negotiations, the deceased did share information to confirm who he was. And it ended about three hours later.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.14 EDT<\/p>\n There is no one else under arrest at the moment over Freeman\u2019s alleged crimes and his seven months on the run. However, Bush says, charges against other people are \u201cquite possible in the future\u201d. Police are investigating how the man believed to be Freeman survived on the run for so long undetected.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.50 EDT<\/p>\n Bush says the man killed will be formally identified within the next 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Police say they had ascertained the identity of the man shot \u2013 he had confirmed his identity \u2013 during the three-hour standoff before he was killed. However, police are still being very careful in their language, before the deceased is formally identified, referring to him as the man they believe to be Freeman.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.51 EDT<\/p>\n Asked whether the deceased man was armed with the service weapon of one of the officers slain last August, Bush tells reporters: \u201cIt is quite possible that the weapon that is at the scene is one of our officers\u2019 weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n Chief commissioner Mike Bush at a press conference. Photograph: James Ross\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.21 EDT<\/p>\n Bush says he has heard \u201cmixed reports\u201d over whether the deceased man fired at police. The weapon the man was carrying has been secured. Bush says a \u201cforensic examination\u201d will take place \u201cto ascertain whether shots were fired by the deceased from that weapon\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.52 EDT<\/p>\n Bush says he has seen a video which showed the man believed to be Freeman emerging from a building holding a weapon. That action, the commissioner said, \u201ctook away any discretion our officers had to resolve this peacefully\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.06 EDT<\/p>\n Victoria police commissioner Mike Bush has begun speaking to reporters in Wodonga, on the Victoria-NSW border.<\/p>\n