The wife of a man killed while investigating the aftermath of a police shooting in Queensland is due to give evidence at a coronial inquest.
Alan Dare, 58, was shot dead minutes after he arrived at his neighbour’s rural property on December 12, 2022, at Wieambilla, west of Brisbane.
Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow had earlier been shot dead in cold blood by brothers Nathaniel and Gareth Train as the two officers walked along a winding dirt driveway.
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Dare’s wife Kerry is due to give evidence today on the third day of a five-week inquest into the shootings at the Brisbane Coroners Court.
Dare went to the property as he saw smoke and feared it was a bushfire but did not realise the flames were coming from a police vehicle set alight by the Trains.
A video shot by Dare on his mobile phone captured his last minutes as he approached the fire and was shot through the chest by either Nathaniel Train, Gareth Train or his wife Stacey Train.
State Coroner Terry Ryan previously heard there was insufficient evidence to positively identify Dare’s killer as the fatal bullet was never recovered.
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The coroner also heard Kerry Dare was told by a triple zero operator not to attend the Trains’ property but there was no evidence Alan Dare received this warning.
The inquest is also due to hear today from Victor Lewis, who went to investigate the fire but was told to stay back by Dare due to explosions from the burning vehicle.
Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train were killed by specialist police six hours after the constables were gunned down.
They refused to negotiate and opened fire on police helicopters and an armoured vehicle.
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