Sydney police officer who shot dead mall attacker praised for courage: ‘proud of her’
- Inspector Amy Scott was in the shopping centre while the attack unfolded and confronted the man after being directed towards him by onlookers
- Australian police identified 40-year-old Joel Cauchi who suffered from mental illness as the perpetrator of the Sydney stabbing rampage
The Sydney police officer who shot dead the man behind the deadly stabbing attack at one of the city’s busiest shopping malls has been identified as Inspector Amy Scott.
Inspector Scott was in the shopping centre while the attack unfolded and confronted the man after being directed towards him by onlookers, local media reported.
Police named the assailant on Sunday as Joel Cauchi, and have ruled out terror or ideology as a motive for the random attack, which killed six people.
“The man allegedly lunged at the officer, before he was shot,” New South Wales (NSW) police said in a statement on Sunday.
Inspector Scott was shown in local media footage administering CPR on the man after he was shot.
“When I met Amy last night … we talked about her going straight into police mode, everything she has been taught during her career and how instinctive it was,” NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley told Sky News on Sunday.