Officers may have been lured to deadly Wieambilla ambush by tip-off
Police are investigating whether a missing persons tip-off was used to lure officers into a deadly ambush in Queensland.
Constable Matthew Arnold, 26, Constable Rachel McCrow, 29, and neighbour Alan Dare were shot dead by Nathaniel and Gareth Train and Gareth's partner Stacey Train during the attack at Wieambilla on Monday.
Constable Randall Kirk and Constable Keely Brough, both 28, managed to escape with their lives in what Commissioner Katarina Carroll later called a "miracle".
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Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were killed in the line of duty at Wieambilla in Queensland. Queensland Police
Constable Keely Brough and Constable Randall Kirk. Supplied
Kirk was wounded and is recovering in hospital after extensive surgery.
The police had arrived at the property in the western Darling Downs on Monday afternoon to follow up on a missing persons report.
Investigators are now examining whether that information was offered to police as an intentional lure.
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It's understood the Trains were already wearing camouflage gear when the shooting began.
An hours-long siege involving specialist officers followed the deaths of the two officers and Dare, before the Trains were all killed early on Tuesday morning.
A police memorial for McCrow and Arnold will be held next Wednesday.
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Nathaniel and Gareth Train and Gareth's partner Stacey Train. A Current Affair
Details about how the public can pay their respects will be forthcoming.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to the officers caught in the shooting in Parliament yesterday.
"Police officers in regional Australia are servants of the community and they're part of its fabric," he said.
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