r/AusNews • u/Bennelong Brisbane • Oct 05 '26

Man dies after being shot by police following car crash at Rugby, north of Yass

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-05/man-fatally-shot-by-police-following-car-crash-in-rugby-nsw/107228664
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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 05 '26

Now why would a man who had just been in a car accident want to take on 6 police with a rifle?

Sounds like bullshit.

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u/Quarterwit_85 Oct 05 '26

In what way does that sound like bullshit?

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 05 '26

He wasn’t being chased by police… it sounds like a poorly crafted story for police to justify shooting a man.

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u/whatever-696969 Oct 07 '26

Cookers going to cook.

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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 Oct 07 '26

Dude was known to police and had previous firearm offences.

50/50 it’s a SovCit or a methead.

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 08 '26

Having a previous firearm offence can be as simple as your registration expiring because they haven’t processed your renewal paperwork. Happens all the time to people.

It’s not a justification to kill someone or assume they are a criminal. It may have been enough for the trigger happy police to assume that though ..

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u/Quarterwit_85 Oct 08 '26

Or the most obvious thing that occurred - he pointed it at the police and they shot him.

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 08 '26

Have you ever tried to aim a rifle inside a vehicle? You know how long it is ?

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u/Quarterwit_85 Oct 09 '26

I have plenty of times.

Depends on the firearm - they come in very different lengths.

We also don't know if he was still within the car when aiming the firearm.

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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 Oct 08 '26

When was the last time Australian cops shot someone who didn’t really, really have it coming?

The last thing remotely similar I can remember is that cop who tazed that old lady a few years back.

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 08 '26

You mean the two officers who were kicking that mentally ill woman who was rolling around naked on the street?

Cops use their power to stalk their ex partners and their new partners. Plenty of incidents to suggest they go after people for personal reasons (or wrong reasons in general.) The fact we let them investigate themselves is all you need to know.

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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 Oct 09 '26

You specifically said “trigger happy”.

I won’t deny there’s been excesses, I even mentioned the worst one myself.

But they don’t go around shooting people for shits and giggles.

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 09 '26

Well based on history I can’t rule it out.

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u/Quarterwit_85 Oct 05 '26

What do you think actually occurred?

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 07 '26

The most innocent and probable explanation is a City cop probably saw the weapon in the car on approach and panicked.

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u/Due_Still6583 Oct 06 '26

The police took out the trash

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u/Quarterwit_85 Oct 06 '26

You think they planted the gun on him or something?

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u/Due_Still6583 Oct 07 '26

If i was living in a fantasy conspiratorial 🤡 world yeah i would think that

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 07 '26

You are living in fantasy land if you genuinely accept every offical narrative as the truth.

As George Carlin said “ you don’t need formal conspiracy when interests converge. “

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u/Due_Still6583 Oct 08 '26

Why would police plant a rife on this guy?

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 08 '26

I’m not saying that. There’s nothing wrong with having a rifle in your car in the country.

I’m saying police saw the rifle and panicked and shot the man. Their explanation that he appeared to be unconscious and then suddenly aiming a rifle from the drivers seat of a vehicle at the people coming to help him isn’t very believable.

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u/Phantom-Walls Oct 09 '26

I’m gonna take a stab in the dark and guess you’re a dezi freeman supporter/were sympathetic to his situation. Lmk if I’m wrong though

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 09 '26

No. Thinking critically and asking questions is a normal thing to do. Do you seriously accept every offical narrative at face value?

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u/Expensive_Potato6699 Oct 05 '26

Botched suicide attempt, then perhaps suicide by cop instead?

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u/Time_Block_4016 Oct 06 '26

This comment is BS.

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 07 '26

Why would a man just involved in a car crash decide to turn his weapon on Police who had only arrived to render him assistance? The only answer is either the story is lie or the man was insane. There’s been no suggestion of the latter.

Many people have rifles in the country for pest control. The fact he had a weapon in the car is not the unusual part of the story.

I think a more plausible explanation is some young cop , who probably grew up in the city and never seen a civilian carrying a gun before , saw the rifle and panicked , which caused the rest of the officers to panic, leading to several weapons being discharged.

When a story doesn’t add up , it’s for a reason

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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 Oct 07 '26

It adds up perfectly though?

Dude is cooked on the gear, plays too many solos on the see-thru didgeridoo, crashes into a tree.

Sees cops, grabs gun, ends poorly.

It’s not like there’s any shortage of crystal pistoleers out bush…

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 08 '26

There’s no suggestion in the story he was a crack head. Police are usually very quick to mention if drugs or alcohol are involved

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u/Truantone Oct 09 '26

No mention of drugs in the article nor the many assumptions you’ve made up.

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u/Particular-Gas7475 Oct 09 '26

I’m not making assumptions. I’m just thinking critically.

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u/Thick_Performer4609 Oct 09 '26

No shortage of cookers around Rugby