Walsh Street Police Shootings - Timeline of Relevant Events

Timeline of Relevant Events

• 25 January 1987 - Mark Militano is shot and killed by Victoria Police.
• June, 1987 - Frank Valastro is shot and killed by Victoria Police.
• 1 October 1988 - Hai Foong (Joshua) Yap was shot by Steven Tynan during a robbery, ending up a paraplegic who later died of his wounds and self neglect.
• 11 October 1988 - Graeme Jensen is killed
• 12 October 1988, approx. 4:50am - Walsh Street killings occur
• 21 October 1988, TyEyre taskforce set up
• 24 October 1988 - Jason Ryan moved to Mansfield and placed under witness protection
• 17 November 1988 - Jedd Houghton shot and killed by police in a Bendigo caravan park.
• 9 April 1989 - Gary Abdallah is shot and killed by Victoria Police after pulling an imitation pistol on detectives.
• 26 March 1991 - four accused men found not guilty.
• 1 May 2002 - Victor Peirce shot and killed in Bay Street, Port Melbourne in drive-by shooting linked to Andrew "Benji" Veniamin
• October, 2005 - Widow of Victor Peirce, Wendy Peirce gives an interview to John Silvester, detailing her husband's involvement in the crime.
• February, 2010 - Peter McEvoy told New South Wales Police, in anger, that he had heard the final words of a dying constable, prompting calls for a coronial inquest into the deaths of the two policemen.
• 13 March 2011 - Sunday Night airs former police officer Malcolm Rosenes' claim Graeme Jensen was killed in cold blood and had a sawn-off rifle planted in his car after death.
• October, 2011 - The book A Pack of Bloody Animals was published, concluding that two of the defendants, Anthony Farrell and Trevor Pettingill, played no part in the murders of the two policemen.