The father of the brothers at the centre of the "execution-style" slaying of two Australian police officers and an innocent neighbour in Queensland has spoken out.
Four officers were attending a property in Wieambilla, in the Western Downs region west of Brisbane on Monday, to make enquiries regarding a missing person.
The missing person was Nathaniel Train, 46, who went missing from Dubbo in New South Wales (NSW) in December 2021, but was only reported missing a few days ago.
Train's brother Gareth, 47, who reportedly owns the property, was there too, along with 45-year-old Stacey Train.
All three were shot and killed by special operations police in a gunfight, shortly after 10:30pm (local time) on Monday, after a massive manhunt.
The brothers' father Ronald Train - a retired pastor and author - broke his silence on Tuesday following the death of his children.
"I am not going to share anything with you, you can speculate and make up as much as you want," he told The Courier-Mail.
"I have lost two children. I have already had conversations with police."
The trio ambushed and shot dead Constables Rachel McCrow, 29, and Matthew Arnold, 26, and neighbour Alan Dare, 58.
McCrow reportedly begged for her life as her killer stood over her before shooting her and Arnold dead from close range "in cold blood".
The two other constables Keeley Brough, a recent police graduate, and Randall Kirk - who was shot in the leg - were able to take cover and escape.
Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers described the horrifying tactics used by the killers.
"This ruthless, murderous trio, they have gone and executed the two police officers on the ground in cold blood," he told media.
"We have never seen anything like this. It is an absolute tragedy. This was a pure execution ... they had no chance."
Chilling audio
Graphic audio from police radio has captured what responding officers were confronted with when they stormed the property following the killing of their colleagues.
"We believe that person of interest two may be discharging rounds. Shots fired," a male officer is heard saying, the NCA NewsWire reported.
"It appears that POI2 [person of interest] is attempting to reload. POI 1 potentially taken a round here," he says at a later time.
"POI1 no movement, no movement from number two and appears to be blood on the ground. POI1 no movement, no movement from number two and appears to be blood on the ground."
