Red Hill Page #2

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I was shot on duty, sir.

Post-traumatic stress?

No, sir.

Then why did they send you?

I guess they thought it was my fault.

What, you shot yourself?

No, sir.

Well, who did?

A kid.

He was strung out, he pulled

a concealed weapon, I pulled mine and...

You couldn't pull the trigger.

He was just a kid.

He was a kid with a gun.

That's one way of looking at it.

Well, what's the other way, Constable?

Well, maybe he needed help,

not a bullet.

What? You disagree, Inspector?

We would be having

a different conversation if you were dead.

Bill, come in.

Over.

Yeah, it's me. Go ahead.

Quick call from Gleason.

He wants one of us to go out to his property.

Take a look at something.

Is it about the missing horses?

Yes, he says he found out

what caused the stampede.

You wanna come by the fort.

No. I'll send Cooper up to you.

It's about time we brought him in.

Copy that.

Once you get to the top of the hill...

There's a communications tower.

Property's six klicks south of that.

Okay. So I'll just take the car out back?

No, that's mine.

Okay.

What about the car out front?

Barlow's.

Well, how am I supposed to get to Gleason's property?

Whew.

Mr. Gleason?

Debbie, I understand the breakout

occurred just a few hours ago.

That's right, Richard.

This morning

at approximately 8AM,

a huge explosion ripped through

the southern wall of the facility.

Initially, prison officers

were unsure as to

how many inmates, if any, had escaped.

But we can now confirm the identity

of the man the police is searching for.

Dural Conway, also known as "Jimmy"...

was convicted of murdering his wife...

and the attempted murder

of a Red Hill police officer in 1995.

Conway was sentenced to life in prison.

The police are urging the public to not approach the man,

as he is considered armed and dangerous.

Thanks very much, Debbie,

and we will be giving you all the updates

on the story as they come in.

What kind of animal is capable

of such a thing?

It scares me to ponder.

Certainly isn't from anything local.

When I was a kid...

My father swore he had seen

a panther up in them hills.

Some of the locals claim

they had seen the same thing.

How the hell does a panther

end up roaming high country Australia?

Travelling circus, so the story goes.

Apparently two of the bastards

escaped from the show in 1880.

And one of them was pregnant.

Lucky for us, Panthers don't breed like rabbits.

I seen you ride in on that horse.

Did Manning put you up to it?

That man

was born a bastard.

Just look where you want to go...

and the horse will follow.

Ahem. Ahem.

Come on.

Dural Conway, also known as Jimmy

is approximately 175 cm tall...

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