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The wife of a police officer who was shot dead by a crazed gunman has hit out at police and claimed they covered up important details surrounding the fatal incident.

Senior Constable Brett Forte was ambushed and fatally shot on May 29, 2017 by the man he was chasing - Ricky Maddison.

A Queensland police officer has held back tears telling how she was sitting just centimetres away from colleague Brett Forte before they were showered in gunfire. Speaking today at the coronial inquest into the shooting death of Senior Constable Forte, Senior Constable Catherine Nielsen described a "shooting gallery" as gunman Rick Maddison opened fire on their squad car in May 2017. Senior Constable Nielsen claimed to have been threatened by superiors after she started asking questions about the circumstances that led to Senior Constable Forte's death – even revealing her gun was taken ...

THE HUNT BEGINS RICK Charles Maddison was a local crook who had been annoying police for years. He was known for being aggressive and mouthy. He knew bikies, his name had come up during drug raids and in 2007 he'd been heard making a serious threat towards Sen-Sgt Stahlhut (Stahlhut would tell the inquest he did not know about this until 2017). He told people he was going to ambush the senior sergeant and other officers in a driveway. Maddison and a mate would hide behind mulch piles and take them out with an automatic weapon. That same year, the inquest was told Stahlhut wrote an intel...

Brett Forte's partner tells inquest his actions the day he was killed by Rick Maddison saved her life updated 2 Senior Constable Brett Forte was killed in a shooting on May 29, 2017. ( Print text only Cancel The partner of a Queensland policeman killed by a gunman says the officer's actions shortly before his death saved her life. Key points: The coroner is investigating the circumstances of the deaths of Senior Constable Brett Forte and gunman Rick Maddison Senior Constable Forte's partner said officer's knew it was a high-risk operation The inquest is expected to hear evidence from other ...