A police officer who single-handedly pursued, confronted and shot useless a person who fatally stabbed six individuals at a Sydney procuring centre shall be publicly recommended for her bravery.
NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, hailed a hero for bringing an finish to Joel Cauchi’s stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction Westfield, will settle for an award on the Goulburn Police Academy on Friday.
Insp Scott was performing routine checks close to the procuring centre when the incident unfolded on the Saturday afternoon of April 13.
After bystanders directed her to the scene, the officer approached the 40-year-old Queensland man on degree 5 of the complicated as consumers fled and others lay injured.
When Cauchi refused to place the knife down, Insp Scott fired one shot to his chest, sending him to the bottom.
Inspector Amy Scott (pictured) shot Joel Cauchi useless within the Westfield procuring centre in Sydney’s east, after he killed six individuals and injured many extra, together with a child
Joel Cauchi is pictured carrying the knife he used to homicide six individuals in Bondi Junction
She then walked over and gave him CPR till paramedics arrived however Cauchi was unable to be revived.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the officer’s braveness in responding to hazard.
‘There is no such thing as a doubt that she saved lives,’ he advised these gathered at a memorial for the victims in April.
‘It is a reminder that these individuals who put on uniform are individuals who rush to hazard, not away from it.’
NSW Premier Chris Minns additionally praised the officer’s ‘instinctive bravery’ as she ‘ran in direction of hazard’ and ‘with no shadow of a doubt, saved many, many lives’.
Mr Cauchi’s household later issued an announcement, saying Insp Scott ‘was solely doing her job to guard others, and we hope she is coping alright’.
Six individuals have been killed within the assault with one other dozen injured.
5 girls – Ashlee Good, 38, Daybreak Singleton, 25, Pikria Darchia, 55, Jade Younger, 47, and Yixuan Cheng, 27 – have been killed, together with safety guard Faraz Tahir, 30.
Witnesses mentioned that when Inspector Scott (left) shouted out ‘Put it down’ at Cauchi (proper), the knifeman charged at her, leaving her no choice however to fireplace at him
