Harrowing police body camera footage from Wieambilla shooting released

For the first time, footage from the tragic shooting which left two young constables and a neighbour dead has been publicly released | WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO

Gareth Train seen in a still taken from video captured by the body-worn camera belonging to Rachel McCrow.

A young police constable was forced to hide in scrub and call ­triple-0 for help as murderous conspiracy theorists hunted her down and set fire to the bush, after killing two of her fellow officers.

The coronial inquest into the shooting murders of two Queensland police officers and a Good Samaritan neighbour in December 2022 heard 28-year-old Keely Brough was just weeks into her policing career when she was caught in the deadly ambush at Wieambilla, west of Brisbane.

Constable Brough – who will not give evidence to the inquest due to mental health concerns –was one of four young officers confronted on a routine call-out to the remote property, when gunmen brothers Gareth and Nathaniel Train opened fire.

Tara police constable Matthew Arnold was killed instantly, while Constable Rachel McCrow was shot three times in the ­shoulder and legs and was left rolling on the ground in agony.

Constable McCrow emptied her police-issue Glock’s magazine of its 15 bullets, aiming at Gareth Train as he strode towards her. She pleaded for her life before he executed her with a single bullet to the head.

As the first shots rang out at 4:37pm on December 12, Constable Brough fled to nearby tall grass. Her police radio was out of range, so she called triple-0 on her mobile phone; her partner Randall Kirk managed to escape in their police car.

Triple-0 operator Katherine Beilby took the call and told the inquest how Constable Brough stayed on the line for two hours and three minutes, describing how the Trains lit the surrounding bush on fire to try and flush out the young officer.

Constable Rachel McCrow, 26, and Constable Matthew Arnold, 29, were gunned down at the property in the western Darling Downs, about three hours west of Brisbane.

She was the last officer alive on the property, waiting for the “pink and blue” code phrase from Ms Beilby to tell her reinforcements had come to her rescue.

Ms Beilby – who was tracking Constable Brough’s location on the police-issued Q-LiTE device – told her to stay put as the flames got closer.

“I remember sitting, and it was like I was at the scene with her, down low,” Ms Beilby said.

“This fire is very close to Keely, she can feel it … through her shoes, through to her feet,” she said.

Constable Randall Kirk arrives at the Brisbane Coroners Court in Brisbane. Picture: Dan Peled / NewsWire

Constable Keely Brough escaped the shooting.

Ms Beilby quickly escalated the call to a “hot job” – the highest level possible – and said she had relied on instinct while giving the trapped officer advice.

Finally, just after 6pm, Ms Beilby told Constable Brough “pink and blue” and she made her final dash to the waiting extraction team who took her to safety.

Specialist police killed the Train brothers – and Gareth’s wife and Nathaniel’s ex-wife Stacey Train – after 10.30pm.

Constable Kirk told the inquest he had no other option but to run from the property after the first shots.

He scrambled for a tree and then crawled on his stomach to another that offered better protection.

Married couple Stacey and Gareth Train at their home at Wieambilla. Date unknown.

He could no longer see Constable Brough and Constable McCrow was at least 20m away, which he said was too far away to help in the circumstances.

“I remember scanning to try and get eyes on Keely and Rachel, and I don’t recall seeing anyone initially,” he told counsel assisting Ruth O’Gorman.

“I don’t recall where the shots come from. I was constantly scanning … my observations were he (constable Arnold) was not moving. She (constable McCrow) was rolling around, screaming out.”

Moments later, Gareth Train executed Constable McCrow.

After taking a single shot toward the shooter, Constable Kirk dashed to his police car under a hail of bullets, one piercing his hip.

Triple-0 operator Ms Beilby said she received no support from supervisors during her call with Constable Brough.

Good Samaritan neighbour Alan Dare also died in the crossfire. Gareth Train’s wife, Stacey, was killed by police after also taking up arms.