Originally Posted by
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 ยป 03:53pm
NSW man charged with murdering cop
A man has been charged with murdering NSW police officer David Rixon.
Senior Constable Rixon, 40, was gunned down in West Tamworth about 8am AEDT on March 2 after pulling over a vehicle in Lorraine Street.
Michael Alan Jacobs, 48, was allegedly the driver of the car and the man who shot the father of six.
Jacobs also suffered a gunshot wound and has been in hospital in Newcastle under police guard since the incident.
He was charged with murder on Tuesday and refused bail, police said in a statement.
They will allege he acted alone and that the shooting arose from an attempt to submit Jacobs to a random breath test.
The matter will be mentioned in Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday afternoon.
