A New South Wales woman has been arrested in relation to an investigation into cop killer Dezi Freeman.
Police shot dead Freeman in a rural Victorian town near the NSW border in March.
Seven months earlier, Freeman fatally shot Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart in Porepunkah – about 150km away from where he was finally discovered.
Detectives from Victoria Police’s Taskforce Summit on Friday morning arrested a 58-year-old NSW woman in the Bairnsdale area.
The arrest was made “as part of their ongoing investigation into the movements” of Freeman following the Porepunkah shooting, a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
Police will interview the woman, they said.
“The investigation remains ongoing and as such, we are not in a position to provide further details at this time.”
Freeman, 56, died on March 30 at a property in Thologolong after being fatally shot by heavily armed police following an hours-long standoff.
Police at the time said the fugitive was given every option to leave peacefully, but refused to do so before brandishing a gun at officers.
It brought to a close a seven-month operation to find Freeman, who had been on the run since August 26, 2025.
In September last year, specialist police combed through bushland, caves, mineshafts, huts and gorges in the hunt.
At the time, the search was described as the “largest ever tactical policing operation” in Australia’s history.