Australian police have shot and killed a fugitive gunman, ending a 7-month manhunt. The suspect, Desmond Freeman, had been wanted for killing two police officers in Victoria state. Police had been pursuing him through dense bushland for months.

Australian police said on Monday that they shot dead a fugitive gunman wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country’s most-wanted criminals. Desmond Freeman fled into dense bushland in August last year after shooting and killing two police officers on a rural property in Victoria state. For the past seven months, hundreds of police have pursued Freeman through the region’s rugged terrain, pouring resources into one of Australia’s largest-ever manhunts. “A....