Police officer who was killed by the real life 'Crocodile Dundee'

A police officer who used to be shot and killed by the one who used to be the muse for Crocodile Dundee has been remembered Two decades after his loss of life.

Sergeant Glen Huitson and Constable Jamie O'Brien were known as to the Stuart Motorway to behavior a road block on August 3, 1999, following reports of an armed gunman who had fired more than one gunshots at a dwelling.

Rodney Ansell, the shooter, used to be the valid-life inspiration for Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee, had long previous into a drug-prompted downward spiral.

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Sergeant Glen Huitson (pictured) and Constable Jamie O'Brien were known as to the Stuart Motorway to behavior a road block on August 3, 1999, following reports of an armed gunman who had fired more than one gunshots at a dwelling

On the night of August 2 Ansell fired six shots into a caravan occupied by a couple at Livingstone, about 50 kilometres south of Darwin.

A neighbour drove over to examine and Ansell shot out his windscreen.

One other neighbour ran on the gunman armed with a baseball bat and Ansell shot off his index finger.

WHO IS CROCODILE DUNDEE?

Crocodile Dundee is a film by Paul Hogan basically based entirely mostly in the Australian outback and Fresh York City.

The film is according to Rodney Ansell.

Ansell turned into a local hero in 1977.

He used to be swept out to sea and landed on a puny island the effect he used to be caught for 2 months.

An Aboriginal tribe saved him from the island.

His time on the island and the plot in which he survived used to be the premise for the film.

At some level of this abnormal sequence of shootings Ansell used to be raving that Freemasons had kidnapped his sons and were now stalking him.

He without be conscious met scrubland with his rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun belonging to the person whose windscreen he had blasted.

Police looked for Ansell for 12 hours before he arrived on the police road block and shot Sergeant Huitson in the facet of the chest.

Paul McCue, head of the NT Police Association, urged the ABC: 'We must not put out of your mind what took set that outing right here; we lost one of our have.

'No person, most of all his household, used to be to know Glen would not attain dwelling on August 3, 1999, however he didn't, and he used to be long previous.

Rodney Ansell (pictured), the shooter, used to be the valid-life inspiration for Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee, had long previous into a drug-prompted downward spiral

On the night of August 2 Ansell fired six shots into a caravan occupied by a couple at Livingstone, about 50 kilometres south of Darwin

'The bloke who introduced people collectively — it's not relevant what your background, urge, faith, or beliefs — used to be taken some distance too soon as he went to work that day, protecting the NT community.'

Mr McCue mentioned all police depart to work on on daily foundation foundation and do not know what's in entrance of them.

Ansell had snuck up on the police road block and shot Sergeant Huitson in the facet of the chest, and he used to be straight away rushed to health center.

Ansell had snuck up on the police road block and shot Sergeant Huitson in the facet of the chest, and he used to be straight away rushed to health center

Jonathan Anthonysz, an on-looker, used to be moreover shot in the decrease support and survived - nevertheless he used to be urged he would doubtlessly by no plot be in a effect to plug effectively but again.

Constable O'Brien, now Commander O'Brien, mentioned the moments after his fellow officer used to be shot were vital.

'Fine great from there the next four or so minutes turned into a survival wretchedness with reasonably plenty to address _ a severely injured civilian in the beginning laying on the motorway, there used to be a police officer who used to be incapacitated and one other civilian in a highly distressed wretchedness and a committed and neatly practicing one who used to be clearly committed to his explanation for firing shots at us,' he urged the NT News.

Commander O'Brien, who used to be 26 on the time, mentioned there used to be command attributable to civilian autos driving in opposition to the shootout and there wasn't any likelihood to retreat with Sergeant Huitson and Mr Anthonysz injured.

Commander O'Brien mentioned his exclusively hope used to be to steal in a shoot out, and he lost count of how great he fired off.

'I was starting to contemplate we would urge out of ammunition before encourage would possibly per chance possibly well possibly advance,' he mentioned.

At some level of the gun fight members of the Territory Response Community arrived on the roadblock in two autos and Ansell readied himself to shoot at them.

In doing so he exposed his set and O'Brien introduced him down him with a blast from the shotgun.

Constable O'Brien (pictured), now Commander O'Brien, mentioned the moments after his fellow officer used to be shot were vital

Commander O'Brien mentioned he generally thinks about his fallen colleague who taught him plenty

A put up-mortem examination found Ansell died of 'haemorrhage from more than one gunshot wounds spellbinding a quantity of gear of the body' including his coronary heart.

Commander O'Brien mentioned he generally thinks about his fallen colleague who taught him plenty.

He known as it the worst moment of his profession.

Sergeant Huitson had been working as a police officer for 12 years and survived boiling water poured on him and disarming a inebriated individual threatening one other with a knife.

He moreover bought a valour award for a disarming rifle-wielding man threatening bus passengers in Litchfield National Park.

He used to be survived by his wife and two formative years following the shooting.

Sergeant Huitson used to be the final officer to have died on responsibility in the Northern Territory.

Sergeant Huitson used to be the final officer to have died on responsibility in the Northern Territory

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