'I'm not lucky, I'm blessed: Officer speaks out after being shot in neck

Shannon Tonkin
March 11 2019 - 6:30am
Barry McMurtrie with his daughter, Senior Constable Helen McMurtrie. Picture: Robert Peet
Barry McMurtrie with his daughter, Senior Constable Helen McMurtrie. Picture: Robert Peet

Lying on the ground outside a suburban home in Glen Innes, a gunshot wound to her neck and unsure if she was going to live or die, Senior Constable Helen McMurtrie's first thoughts were of her fellow police officers and her family.

Shannon Tonkin

Shannon Tonkin

Court reporter

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