Sydney attack: Hero cop Amy Scott breaks her silence after shooting dead knifeman who killed six and stabbed baby
A HERO cop who shot dead the rampaging killer has opened up about the ordeal.
NSW Police inspector Amy Scott gunned down knifeman Joel Cauchi who killed six in a savage attack at a Sydney mall.
The brave police officer chased after the assailant before he turned on her and raised his knife.
When confronted by the knifeman, the inspector fired a valley of shots, killing the offender.
She was then seen performing CPR on the victims of the knife attack, as well as on the suspect, as she waited for backup to arrive.
Police Association of NSW boss Kevin Morton has revealed that Inspector Scott doesn’t consider her actions to be heroic.
“Amy is content with what she had to do,” he said.
“She knows she has been tagged a hero but to her she was doing her job.”
When speaking to Mr Morton, Inspector Scott admitted that she didn’t get much sleep following the horror ordeal.
After the shooting, she was separated from her colleagues to be taken for a gun residue test before another officer drove her home.
She is yet to be formally interviewed as part of the investigation into the deadly stabbing.
Mr Morton said: “I didn’t ask her about the exact incident, because she is yet to be formally interviewed.
“Everyone will be keeping an eye on her obviously, there will be a lot of support from everyone.”
Police minister Yasmin Catley spoke with Inspector Scott on the day of the attack.
She thanked the hero cop for her bravery on behalf of NSW and the government, and has labelled the officer as “humble”.
Ms Catley recalled Ms Scott saying: “It wasn’t just me, there were a whole lot of bystanders assisting and helping people.”
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has also praised the Inspector Scott for her “enormous courage and bravery” during a press conference on Saturday.
Ms Webb added that the officer was “doing well under the circumstances.”
After the news of the stabbing, she has been hailed a “hero” by the public and the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
He said: “There is no doubt she saved lives through her action and it is a reminder that those people who wear uniform are people who rush to danger, not away from it and I give thanks to every one of them for the actions they have taken up to now.”
Even Prince and Princess of Wales have sung praises to the Inspector Scott’s courage.
On X, formerly Twitter, Kate and William said: “We are shocked and saddened by the terrible events in Sydney earlier today.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected, including the loved ones of those lost and the heroic emergency responders who risked their own lives to save others. W & C.”
Inspector Scott has been commended for her courageous actions once in the past when she received the Demonstrated Courage and Devotion to Duty award in 2019.
Waverley Mayor Paula Masselos has offered “practical” support to Ms Scott while paying tribute to her actions.
She told Sky News: “She (the police officer) was there on her own and she went towards the danger.
“Even [after she shot the attacker], she immediately began applying CPR – that just shows you the dedication of the person and her incredible act of heroism – even then her main concern was for someone who had fallen.
“I will be reaching out to the various service providers and to the police to see what practical support we can offer as a council.”
NINE PEOPLE STABBED
Eight patients were rushed to various hospital facilities across Sydney – their conditions ranging from serious to critical – and six other injured people were assessed by NSW paramedics at the scene.
Witnesses who were shopping inside the centre said they heard screaming before they saw the attacker “indiscriminately swiping” at people as he calmly walked along the corridors.
Other civilians were reported to have provided make-shift medical aid to stabbing victims.
Yesterday, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cook said that the knifeman had “engaged with” nine people in the centre.
He said on Saturday: “About 3.10 this afternoon a male walked into a restaurant at Bondi Junction, he left the centre and then returned about 3.20.
“As he moved to the centre, he engaged with about nine people, and it’s clear that during that engagement he caused harm to those people, we believe by stabbing them with a weapon he was carrying.”
He said the man was shot after he raised a knife at a senior police officer, who reports suggest is the brave Inspector Amy.
Cook explained: “She (the inspector) confronted the offender who had moved by this stage to level five, as she continued to walk quickly behind him to catch up with him.
“He turned, faced her, raised a knife. She discharged a firearm and that person is now deceased.”
The number of people killed by the knifeman rose to six about 8pm local time on Saturday.
Five of the six people who tragically died in the attack have been named as security guard Faraz Tahir, 30; Pikria Darchia, 55; architect Jade Young, 47; Dawn Singleton, 25; and Ashlee Good, 38.
Video showed crowds fleeing the busy mall – located in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs, just a five-minute drive from Bondi Beach – as police officers rushed to the scene about 3.45pm.