The three-day manhunt for gunman Stanley Turvey is the biggest by police in eight years.
In a hunt that spanned northern and north-east Victoria and southern NSW, Mr Turvey was on the run from Monday, September 18, until police fatally shot him on Wednesday, September 20.
Only the search for father and son Gino and Mark Stocco in 2015 was bigger.
In that case, a police search spanned two weeks as they crossed between NSW and Victoria – starting with the pair firing two shots at police vehicles at Wagga Wagga.
The search for them also came to the Goulburn and Murray valleys, with a sighting of them fuelling a vehicle in Euroa and ramming a police vehicle near St James.
Police swarmed the region while searching for the pair, in an operation similar to what happened in the search for Mr Turvey this week.
The search for Mr Turvey, 33, started on Monday when he shot a gun into the air when police went to a Katandra West property for a firearm protection order check at about noon.
A police chase ensued and a police call rolled on Creighton Rd at Marungi soon afterwards.
Eastern Region Acting Assistant Commissioner Karen Nyholm said Mr Turvey later drove at police and crashed the vehicle.
From there, police allege Mr Turvey stopped at a random residence in Youanmite where he forced a man to drive him to Finley at gunpoint.
The hostage was released in Finley and was not physically injured, police said.
Police arrived at the Finley home about 5.20pm and, after a five-hour stand-off, they forced open the door to the house only to discover Mr Turvey was not there.
The following morning, police responded to reports that a man armed with a firearm allegedly assaulted a woman in Witt St, Yarrawonga, just before 10am, before threatening some construction workers at Sacred Heart Primary School and stealing a ute.
The manhunt moved to Tatura Tuesday afternoon, with hordes of police swooping on the town as the stolen ute was found in Fraser St.
Despite all the police, Mr Turvey again evaded them.
Wednesday morning saw the hunt turn to Ardmona, with a police helicopter flying over and plenty of police on the ground as police checked locations they believed he may be at.
At about 10.15am, the search came to an end as Special Operations Group police confronted by Mr Turvey, who was allegedly armed, and subsequently shot him.
First aid was provided and paramedics declared him dead at the scene.