Shoot-out with police - killer Malcolm Naden won't be taken alive 

 

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DOUBLE murderer Malcolm Naden was ready to shoot it out with police rather than be captured alive after seven years on the run.

As police closed in on the state's most wanted man yesterday, he opened fire, hitting an officer in the shoulder.
"We know what he is willing to do," Commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
Dozens of specialist police thought they had cornered Naden at a campsite in dense bushland near Nowendoc, east of Tamworth, about 7am.
"Police were converging from a number of angles when they were fired upon," acting Deputy Police Commissioner Dave Hudson said.
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A POLICE officer has been shot in a sniper attack possibly carried out by the State's most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, early today.

Only one shot was fired, and police did not return fire as it was impossible to know where the shot had come from.
"His propensity for violence against police is well known but we are confident of getting him," Mr Hudson said.
The injured officer, 33, from the State Protection Group, was flown to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Naden, who has a $100,000 bounty on his head, is a master bushman and has proven extremely elusive.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/