A commissioner’s inquiry will be held into the shooting death of a South Australian police officer, the Minister for Police has confirmed.
Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig was fatally wounded after being called to an isolated rural property in Senior, 15 kilometres north of Bordertown, at 11.20pm on Thursday.
A second officer, Sergeant Michael Hutchinson, was allegedly shot by the same man, 26-year-old Jaydn Stimson, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries.
A third officer, Constable Rebekah Cass, was not injured.
Police Minister Joe Szakacs confirmed on Saturday morning that there will be both a commissioner’s inquiry and an investigation by major crimes.
“This is an appropriate high-level inquiry,” Szakacs told Weekend Today.
“This was a deliberate act of violence against not just Jason Doig who lost his life but the two other brave police who were there as well.”
“It is an awful period and it’s a tragic loss of life, a senseless loss of life for [whom] I’ve been advised by friends and loved ones, was a wonderful man,”
Szakacs also confirmed that the South Australian Government and police were discussing a memorial service with Doig’s family.
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Stimson was shot by police and has been taken to Adelaide under police guard.
His family earlier released a statement extending their condolences to the family of Brevet Sergeant Doig.
“As a family, our hearts are broken by the incidents that occurred overnight.”
“For now, our thoughts remain with Sergeant Hutchinson and his family while he recovers from his injuries.
“Our thoughts are also with the southeast community who will all be affected by this tragedy.”
Tributes have flooded in overnight from Bordertown, where residents said they are struggling with the community’s loss.
“If anyone ever got into trouble, if someone was late behind him, he’d be the first guy to turn around and help,” friend Michael Peters told 9News.
“He was a caring human being.”
