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Louis De Zoysa, aged 23, was arrested on 13 November 2020 on suspicion of murdering a police officer, when he was considered well enough though still requiring hospital treatment after himself being wounded by one of the bullets fired during the shooting. On 29 June 2021, he was deemed well enough to
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