Wieambilla shootings explained

Wieambilla shootings
Partof:Terrorism in Australia
Location:251 Wains Road, Wieambilla, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates:-27.0307°N 150.4919°W
Time-Begin:4:37p.m.
Time-End:10:39p.m.
Timezone:AEST,
Target:Queensland police
Type:Ambush, mass shooting, shootout, triple-murder, arson
Fatalities:6 (2 police officers, 1 neighbour, 3 perpetrators)
Weapons:
Injuries:1 (police officer)
Perpetrators:Nathaniel Train
Gareth Train
Stacey Train
Victims:Constable Matthew Arnold
Constable Rachel McCrow
Alan Dare
Motive:Christian fundamentalism
Coroner:Terry Ryan

The Wieambilla shootings was a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia on 12 December 2022. It involved the killing of police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and neighbour Alan Dare, at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland. Three residents, brothers Gareth and Nathaniel Train, and Gareth's wife, Stacey Train, were subsequently shot and killed by Queensland Police. The shootings were labelled as Australia's first fundamentalist Christian terrorist attack.[2]

Background

New South Wales Police asked Queensland Police to conduct a check at the Wieambilla property, owned by Gareth Train and his wife Stacey, as part of an ongoing missing person case. New South Wales police reported that Gareth's brother Nathaniel Train, the former principal of Walgett Community College Primary School and Yorkeys Knob State School,[3] had not made contact since 9 October, and police were sent to conduct a welfare check as well as to follow up a warrant related to a December 2021 weapons dumping and a state border breach.[4] [5] Nathaniel's estranged second wife, who had lodged the missing person report on 4 December, had subsequently been inundated with threatening and vicious messages from Gareth.[6]

Gareth Train was an active participant in Australian conspiracy theory forums and websites: he had espoused strong anti-government, anti-police and anti-vaccine views, and supported the sovereign citizen movement.[7] The father of Gareth and Nathaniel, pastor Ronald Train, said in an interview on A Current Affair that "Gareth in particular was obsessed with guns and weapons, Nathaniel to a lesser degree". He also said that Gareth was a difficult child who was "very volatile [and] very controlling".[8]

Gareth was a known online conspiracy theorist who claimed the Port Arthur massacre was a false flag operation which intended to disarm the Australian population[9] and that Princess Diana was killed in a "blood sacrifice".[10] Both Nathaniel and Gareth had a dislike for police.[11] [12] Nathaniel was previously married to Stacey.[13] They were both former teachers, having resigned in 2020 and 2021 respectively.[14]

Incident

On 12 December 2022, police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow from nearby Tara, and constables Randall Kirk and Keely Brough from Chinchilla drove in separate police vehicles to the property located at Wieambilla, a rural locality 270km (170miles) northwest of the state capital, Brisbane. The four constables met at the locked entrance to the property at about 4:35p.m., and after receiving no response they jumped the fence and approached the residence.[15] [16] [17] The constables were wearing body-worn cameras, which captured the subsequent shooting.

At 4:37p.m., without warning, the residents of the property, armed with a .308 Winchester Ruger M77 rifle and a .30-06 Springfield Tikka T3 rifle, shot at the police officers in what was described as an ambush and an execution.[18] [19] [20] Constable Arnold was 120m (390feet) from the front gate when he was fatally shot in the chest by a single gunshot fired by Nathaniel Train.[15] [21] Constable McCrow dropped to the ground and attempted to call for help on her police radio, but was shot in the back and legs.[15] The other two constables crawled to cover in nearby bushland at separate locations. At 4:42p.m., two constables from Dalby hear an urgent police radio broadcast that shots have been fired with an officer down and start heading towards Wieambilla.[22]

A wounded McCrow recorded a final message for her family on her body worn camera before emptying her police-issue Glock pistol at Gareth Train.[15] McCrow pleaded for her life before Gareth fatally shot her at close range at 4:46p.m.[15] Both constables Arnold and McCrow had their Glock pistols taken from them by the perpetrators.

After McCrow was killed, constable Kirk fired a single shot from his pistol at Gareth, but missed.[23] Gareth began searching for Kirk who, after speaking to his supervisor on a mobile phone call, decided to flee to his police vehicle located 100m (300feet) away.[23] Despite being shot in the hip as he ran, Kirk was able to reach his vehicle and drove away. The perpetrators then lit a grass fire to try to locate Brough, who remained undiscovered.[24] [25] They also set the Tara constables' police vehicle on fire.

Constable Brough called Triple Zero on her mobile phone and remained on the call as she hid in grass. She often had to whisper to the police operator because Nathaniel and Gareth were so close to her, and told the operator that she thought she was going to die.[26] At 5:20p.m., the two Dalby constables arrived near the Trains' property and were joined by another police constable from Tara, who also responded to the police radio broadcast.

At about 5:30p.m., a neighbour, Alan Dare, was fatally shot in the back after going to the property to investigate the fires.[27] Dare and another neighbour, Victor Lewis, saw smoke and heard gunfire coming from the Trains' property, prompting them to investigate.[28] Prior to this, Dare's wife Kerry had called Triple Zero twice at 5:13 and 5:17 p.m., during which the operator advised against investigating the fire but failed to inform her before her husband and Lewis left that two police officers had been shot.[29] Dare was recording a video on his mobile phone when he was killed by one of the perpetrators.[30] Lewis, who was unharmed, fled after Dare was shot and came across the three responding police constables, telling them: "I think my mate's been shot." He later informed Kerry that her husband "was in a bad way".

Sixteen local general duties officers responded, who decided not to wait for tactical officers from the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) to arrive. They extracted the bodies of constables Arnold and McCrow using Dare's Ford Territory vehicle whilst coming under fire, and at about 6:34p.m. extracted constable Brough who ran to the front gate after hearing the code words "pink and blue" called out by the officers, that had been given to her by the Triple Zero operator.[31] [32] [33] At 7:00p.m., Gareth began shooting intermittently at a police helicopter for 15 minutes.

At about 7:31p.m., Gareth and Stacey were seen sitting at a table outside their house, while Nathaniel was lying beside them near a log barricade. During this time, the couple recorded a video and posted it on YouTube under their middle names, Daniel and Jane, and also posted it on an online conspiracy site. In the video, Gareth said "they came to kill us and we killed them", referring to the police as "devils and demons".[34] At about 7:40p.m., SERT officers arrived with their armoured vehicle, a BearCat, and three light armoured vehicles, and surrounded the property.[35] Police negotiators attempted in vain to negotiate with the perpetrators using the BearCat's loud hailer.[36]

The BearCat was driven up the driveway towards the house but retreated after Gareth and Nathaniel fired at it, including at its windscreen close to the driver.[37] [38] Gareth continued to fire in the BearCat's direction for several minutes until 10:04p.m, after which he retreated to the water tank next to the house and fired at a police helicopter. Nathaniel was still lying near the log barricade, while Stacey had re-entered the house. At 10:05p.m, the BearCat was driven towards the house again but retreated after Nathaniel fired at it.

At 10:29p.m., SERT officers breached the property in the BearCat with assistance from two police helicopters who provided observations on the locations and movement of the perpetrators. By 10:39p.m., SERT officers had fatally shot all of the perpetrators.[39] Gareth was the first killed as he attempted to reload his weapon, followed by Stacey after she reemerged from the house fired a single shot at police using her rifle, and then Nathaniel after he fired at the BearCat using constable Arnold's Glock pistol.

Victims

Constable Matthew Arnold was aged 26, constable Rachel McCrow was aged 29, and Alan Dare was aged 58. The two constables who survived, Randall Kirk and Keely Brough, were both aged 28 at the time of the shooting;[40] both were taken to hospital, and Kirk underwent surgery to remove shrapnel and treat his injuries.[41] Arnold had been sworn in as a police officer in March 2020 and McCrow in June 2021.[42]

McCrow and Arnold were awarded the National Police Service Medal, National Medal, Queensland Police Service Medal, and Queensland Police Valour Medal during their memorial service held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 21 December 2022.[43]

The Queensland Police Service announced it would be awarding Dare a posthumous Queensland Police Bravery Medal.[44] His funeral was held on 23 December.[45]

Reactions

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to the victims, labelling it a "devastating day" for the local community and for Queensland Police.[46] Other federal party leaders, including Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Nationals leader David Littleproud and Greens leader Adam Bandt, paid their respects.[47] Dutton, a former Queensland police officer, became emotional during a condolence motion in parliament.[48]

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that buildings across the state including Brisbane's Story Bridge would light up in blue and white to honour the victims[49] and state flags would be lowered to half-mast.[24]

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet paid his respects at a police memorial[50] and announced on 14 December that the Sydney Opera House would be lit up in blue that night in honour of the police officers.[51]

The Australian Federal Police[52] and the New Zealand Police[53] sent their condolences, as did the Queensland Police Union[54] which subsequently announced plans to purchase the property, to serve as a memorial for the fallen officers and to prevent the site from "falling into the wrong hands".[55]

Aftermath

Attempted looting of the Trains' property

On 18 December 2022, police charged two men with unlawful trespass and stealing by looting on the Trains' property.[56]

Declared an act of terrorism

In February 2023, Queensland Police Deputy Police Commissioner Tracy Linford released details of the police's assessment of the perpetrators’ motivation.[57] Linford said that "We [Queensland Police] don't believe this attack was random or spontaneous" and that "There is absolutely no evidence at this time that there is anyone else in Australia that participated or assisted in this attack."[58] Linford further stated that the Trains were religious extremists who subscribed to "a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system known as premillennialism", and that the assessment had concluded that they "executed a religiously motivated terrorist attack."[59] [60] [57]

US citizen charged with inciting the Trains online

In December 2023, U.S. citizen Donald Day Jr, reported as being a conspiracy theorist, was arrested in the U.S. state of Arizona in connection with the shootings.[61] [62] Between May 2021 and December 2022, Day is alleged to have sent the Trains "Christian end-of-days" ideological messages.[63] [62] On the day of the shooting, Day is alleged to have commented on the video the Trains posted online shortly after it was posted and before the Trains were killed by police.[62] In January 2024, prosecutors added further charges, accusing Day of illegal gun possession and threatening FBI agents at the time of his arrest.[64]

National firearms register

In December 2023, at a National Cabinet meeting, state and territory Premiers and Chief Ministers along with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised to implement a National Firearms Register, Anthony Albanese cited the Wieambilla tragedy as a reason for developing this policy.[65]

Coronial inquest

In July 2024, a coronial inquest into the shootings commenced before State Coroner Terry Ryan. The inquest is expected to run for five weeks.[66]

See also

Notes and References

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  63. News: Man arrested in Arizona over religiously motivated terror attack at Wieambilla sent shooters 'end of days' ideological messages . . . Kelsie . Iorio . Black . Jessica. 6 December 2023 . 7 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207063854/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/qld-wieambilla-shooting-arrest-arizona-queensland-police/103196120 . live.
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