The senior officer tasked with bringing the chaos of the Wieambilla police shootings under control is due to give evidence at a coronial inquest.Six people including two police officers were killed at a remote Queensland property on December 12, 2022, after an arrest warrant turned into an ambush by concealed shooters with high-powered rifles.Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were shot dead at 4.
Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Timothy Mowle deployed Rasmussen to a forward command post established near the incident scene.Counsel assisting Ruth O’Gorman previously told Ryan both senior officers on Thursday would “give evidence of critical decisions made that evening”.Rasmussen approved a rescue mission for Constable Keely Brough as she was in danger of being shot or burned to death by a fire lit by the Trains to flush her out.