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The heroic female police officer who single-handedly confronted and shot dead a knifeman who killed six people in a shopping centre had already been decorated for her exemplary service, MailOnline can reveal.
New South Wales (NSW) Police Inspector Amy Scott has been hailed a hero and praised for her bravery after she stopped the terrifying rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney's east on Saturday afternoon.
As the first officer on scene, Inspector Scott sprinted through the top level of the shopping complex and risked her life when she confronted the knifeman who also injured eight others.
She shot the attacker - who was wearing a green rugby top - dead when he turned towards her and raised his knife.
The senior police officer then performed CPR on the killer and the other victims lying on the ground as she waited for back-up to arrive.
Insp Amy Scott (second from the left) was recognised for her courage while stationed as a sergeant in 2019
She has been hailed a hero and praised for her bravery after she stopped the terrifying rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney's east on Saturday afternoon
As the first officer on scene, Inspector Scott sprinted through the top level of the shopping complex and risked her life when she confronted the knifeman who also injured eight others
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has said that Inspector Scott is 'doing well under the circumstances'.
She will be formally interviewed as part of the investigation into the deadly stabbings.
But this is not the first time Inspector Scott has been decorated for her policing efforts.
In 2019, she was recognised at the Rotary Club Police Officer of the Year award ceremony and received the prize for Demonstrated Courage and Devotion to Duty.
Pictures show her smiling alongside other police officers as she holds up her award.
It was revealed earlier today that the 40-year-old knifeman that Inspector Scott shot dead was 'known to police'.
Among the victims was 38-year-old new mother Ash Good who was attacked alongside her nine-month-old baby Harriet.
The infant - who suffered stab wounds- is fighting for her life after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
Inspector Scott sprinted through Westfield Bondi Junction to single-handedly confront the knifeman
She confronted the knifeman alone on the top level of the shopping centre and shot him dead
Ash Good, 38, was among the six shoppers at Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield who were killed today, when a man, 40, dressed in a rugby league jersey, went on a stabbing rampage about 3.20pm before a female police officer shot him dead
A first-time mother stabbed to death in the Sydney shopping centre knife rampage has been pictured for the first time. Just hours before the horror unfolded, Ms Good posted a photo to Instagram with her daughter Harriet in her arms
Just hours before the horror unfolded, Ms Good posted a photo to Instagram with her daughter in her arms.
'Only because I was walking past and happened to be wearing the same thing 9
