Two people arrested as police probe movements of fugitive Dezi Freeman before he was shot dead

By CAITLIN POWELL - NEWS REPORTER and KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 04:44, 26 May 2026 | Updated: 04:47, 26 May 2026 Two people have been arrested as part of a police probe into the movements of Dezi Freeman, who killed two police officers last year. Freeman was shot dead at a remote property in Thologolong, near the New South Wales-Victorian border on March 30. He had been on the run for months after fatally shooting two police officers who were visiting his home in Porepunkah in August last year to serve him an arrest warrant. 'Detectives from Taskforce Summit arrested two people this morning as part of their ongoing investigation into the movements of Desmond Freeman following the fatal shooting of two police officers in Porepunkah last August,' Victoria Police said on Tuesday. 'A 48-year-old man and a 35-year-old man were arrested on May 26 at two separate locations in north-east Victoria. 'The pair will now be interviewed by police. 'The investigation remains ongoing and as such, we are not in a position to provide further details at this immediate time.' Dezi Freeman (pictured) fatally shot two police officers who were visiting his home in Porepunkah in August last year Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.