An officer died and another was injured in a shooting near the SA-Victorian border while responding to an incident at a property on Senior Rd, Senior, where they encountered an armed suspect.
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00:00 An incident occurred last night where three police officers attended an isolated rural
00:04 property about 15 kilometres north of Border Town.
00:09 On arrival, the police officers in attendance were confronted by the occupant, a 26-year-old
00:15 man.
00:16 Upon being confronted, the occupant has shot and fatally wounded Brevet Sergeant Jason
00:23 Doig and he later died at the scene.
00:26 The occupant also shot Sergeant Michael Hutchinson who received non-life-threatening injuries
00:32 and Michael Hutchinson has been conveyed to hospital in Adelaide.
00:37 The third police officer, Constable Rebecca Cass, was not injured during the incident.
00:42 The 26-year-old man was shot by police and he's also been conveyed to Adelaide and is
00:46 under police guard at this time.
00:48 The two officers, Michael Hutchinson and Rebecca Cass, both provided assistance to Jason and
00:54 the 26-year-old man at the scene prior to the help arriving.
00:58 As I've said, it goes without saying this is an incredibly tragic incident for the South
01:01 Australia Police and I can only imagine what the family of Jason are feeling at this point
01:06 in time and I can speak on behalf of the police officers here in the South East and the remainder
01:12 of the police within the South Australia Police and right across Australia.
01:16 The fact that no one is left untouched by this tragic incident, there wouldn't be one
01:20 single police officer today who is not thinking about the sacrifice that Jason has made and
01:26 the risk that is inherent in the role of policing.
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