Police have warned would-be bounty hunters to stay away from the search for accused police killer Dezi Freeman after a $1 million reward was posted for information leading to the fugitive’s arrest.

Victoria Police denied on Saturday that the reward, the largest ever offered by the state for an arrest of a suspect, was an act of desperation as the massive manhunt for the alleged High Country gunman entered its 12th day.

Police are continuing their manhunt for fugitive Dezi Freeman. Credit: Marija Ercegovac

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, who heads the homicide squad, said on Saturday that there had been no confirmed sightings of Freeman since he allegedly shot three police officers, killing two and injuring one, after they arrived to search a property where he was staying near the s

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