"Just doing her job": Hero cop Amy Scott breaks silence after Bondi stabbing
The hero police officer who shot Joel Cauchi after his killing spree has spoken out after the devastating incident.
NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott was confronted by the knife-wielding 40-year-old after he had fatally stabbed six people and injured several others at Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon.
Witnesses of the incident recall hearing the officer shout for Cauchi to "put it down" before the knifeman charged at her, prompting her to fire her weapon and shoot him dead.
“Amy is content with what she had to do," Police Association of NSW boss Kevin Morton said.
“I spoke to her last night and again this morning and she said, ‘It was a night with not a lot of sleep’.”
Mr Morton said the officer, who he has known personally for years, was playing down the praise she had received after being dubbed a "hero" for her actions.
“She knows she has been tagged a hero but to her she was doing her job. I didn’t ask her about the exact incident, because she is yet to be formally interviewed,” he said.
“Everyone will be keeping an eye on her obviously, there will be a lot of support from everyone,’’ he said
She also drew praise from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and NSW Premier Chris Minns, as well as NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb.
“She showed enormous courage and bravery,” Ms Webb said.
Witnesses backed up the officer's actions at the shopping centre, as Bondi man Jason Dixon witnessed Inspector Scott's response firsthand.
“All she said was ‘Put it down’. Just once. Then she shot him in the chest and he went down,” Mr Dixon told The Sunday Telegraph.
“Then when he fell on the ground she was giving him CPR,” Mr Dixon said.
“She had to shoot him, because he just kept coming,” Mr Dixon said. “He had a knife and he wasn’t going to stop.
“He was advancing at her and he was running, coming to get someone else,” Mr Dixon said.
“She shot him once in the heart or the chest,” he said. “I’m glad she got him, because if she didn’t he would have stabbed her too.”
Inspector Scott will be formally interviewed by police later this week as part of the major investigation into the stabbing.
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