Australian police said Monday they shot dead a fugitive gunman wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country's most-wanted criminals.
Desmond Freeman fled into dense bushland in August last year after shooting and killing two police officers on a rural property in Victoria state.
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