https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/shooting/queensland-police-shooting-nathaniel-...Queensland police shooting: Missing primary school principal Nathaniel Train shot dead
Brianna DuganPerthNow
December 13, 2022 11:10AM
The missing man at the centre of a bloody Queensland massacre, which killed two police officers, is a NSW primary school principal who is believed to have been shot dead alongside his brother at their rural home.
Nathaniel Train and his brother Gareth, along with Gareth’s wife Stacey, allegedly lived at the Wieambilla home — 300km west of Brisbane — where the premeditated tragedy unfolded.
Six people, including two young police officers and a neighbour, were killed in an ambush at the property, south of Chinchilla.
Queensland Police killed - NSW man Nathaniel Train shot dead by Qld police in bloody massacre
NSW man Nathaniel Train. Credit: Supplied/Supplied
It is believed three of the shooters, two men and a woman, are among those dead.
Police are yet to release the identities of those killed inside the home but reports suggest Train and his brother were shot dead by police.
Four QLD police officers were sent to the Wieambilla property by NSW police, in search for the missing primary school principal who had not been seen since December 16, 2021.
However, it is believed the 46-year-old — a former primary school principal at Yorkeys Knob State School and executive principal of Walgett Community College Primary School — was in contact with family until October 9, 2022.
The Daily Telegraph was told that there were warnings one of Mr Train’s relatives had a strong dislike for police.
The four officers who arrived at the home were met with a hail of gunfire, about 4.30pm on Monday, by three shooters dressed in camouflage gear.
In what looks to be a premeditated attack, the three alleged shooters opened fire from inside the house as police walked up the driveway to enquire about Mr Train.
Horrifyingly, two of the wounded police — Const. Rachel McCrow, 26, and Const. Matthew Arnold, 29 — who lay wounded on the ground, were then approached by two shooters clad in military-style camouflage and shot execution-style.