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In a heartfelt post on a local Facebook group, a person identifying as Dezi’s oldest son, Koah, expressed frustration over the online celebrations following the fugitive’s passing.
“I am mourning this loss while witnessing some of you vile individuals rejoicing online for me to see,” he shared.
“Before you think of saying something clever, consider experiencing just a fraction of what my family and I are enduring,” he added.
“If you can’t, I strongly suggest you keep your harsh remarks and thoughts to yourself.”
Koah made it clear that he wasn’t trying to justify his father’s actions, acknowledging, “I am not here to defend my father’s actions because I know what he did was wrong.”
“What I’m here about however is seeing so called “friends” and people who I thought were nice people to say some questionable things,” he wrote.
“Just bear in mind that to you’s my father was a cop killer, but to me that’s still my father who raised me to be the man I am today.
“And for the people who know me well they know exactly what I’m talking about.
“My heart also goes out to the family’s of the fallen police officer who finally have closure,” he added.
Dezi Freeman was reportedly shot dead on a rural property near Walwa, on the north-east Victorian border this morning after seven months on the run.
Victoria Police Commissioner Mike Bush would not name the man shot dead, pending official identification processes, but said he was believed to be Freeman.
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