Policeman killed with own revolver
A 37-year-old policeman was shot dead with his own revolver after it was stolen from him by a motorist he pulled over in Melbourne's outer east early today.
Senior Constable Tony Clarke, from Knox Traffic Tasking Unit, was on routine patrol on the Warburton Highway at Launching Place when he pulled over a male driver about 1am (AEST) today.
Deputy Commissioner Bill Kelly said there was an altercation between the two and the driver wrestled the revolver from Senior Constable Clarke and fatally shot him in the upper body.
"Following that, the person ... had then taken the police car to another location 25 kilometres away from here and he has been at that scene for a very short time and has then obviously fired one shot and he is now deceased," Mr Kelly said.
Senior Constable Tony Clarke, from Knox Traffic Tasking Unit, was on routine patrol on the Warburton Highway at Launching Place when he pulled over a male driver about 1am (AEST) today.
Deputy Commissioner Bill Kelly said there was an altercation between the two and the driver wrestled the revolver from Senior Constable Clarke and fatally shot him in the upper body.
"Following that, the person ... had then taken the police car to another location 25 kilometres away from here and he has been at that scene for a very short time and has then obviously fired one shot and he is now deceased," Mr Kelly said.
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