Cop killer Nathaniel Train had been a well-respected educator who was a leader in his field until a heart attack and cheating row derailed his life.
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Cop killer Nathaniel Train was a popular primary school principal before his mental health spiralled downward following a heart attack that struck while he was campaigning for action over a cheating scandal at his school.
Train, his brother Gareth and sister-in-law Stacey - also a former primary school principal - executed police constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, and his innocent neighbour, Alan Dare, 58, in an ambush at their rural property in Wieambilla, three hours west of
Brisbane, on Monday.
On Tuesday, the father of the brothers, Ronald Train - a retired pastor of 27 years - said: 'I have lost two children.'
I am not going to share anything with you, you can speculate and make up as much as you want,' Mr Train told The
Chinchilla News outside his Toowoomba home.
'I have already had conversations with police.'
Nathaniel Train left his job and vanished, walking out on his wife, and had not been seen for months before the savage ambush on Monday.
Train had previously been principal at Innisfail East and Yorkeys Knob State Schools in far north Queensland where he won plaudits for his impact and results.
I don’t know Nathaniel Train, but a good friend of mine taught at a school with him, before he was a principal, and AFAIK - he is and was well known by a lot of people in the Queensland education community. IMO .
“Cop killer Nathaniel Train was a popular primary school principal before his mental health spiralled downward following a heart attack that struck while he was campaigning for action over a cheating scandal at his school”
Ambush gunman's mental heath spiralled after cheating row heart attack
This is no defence at all, but here is some information around the context of the impact of the job of school principal, and the mental health implications of the job.
The pressure on school principals is absolutely phenomenal. The pressure of NAPLAN also is just so intense, and the mental health of school principals in general has been absolutely pushed to the brink especially during Covid, floods and natural disasters - and the pressure of leading and having to deliver results for the Region or the Department has been unrelenting. I will put IMO because I don’t have a link, but this is well know within the school leadership community.
I personally have seen Principals at breaking point, many have complex trauma.
I notice it has been reported in MSM that the sister-in law who was named as one of the shooters, had been a Primary School Principal previously also.
I am still really confused as to why these “gunmen” / and woman, all civilians are executing police, and just generally confused about how and why this occurred.
My questions are:
-Who tipped off police to initiate a welfare check? As in - who tipped off NSW police? Was it one of the gunmen who put in a call? It seems like it may have been.
-How did these people become radicalised? (If in deed that is what occurred.)
-Were they conspiracy theorists?
-Where they involved with their respective Teachers Unions in campaigning?
-What was the impact of the previous “heart attack” on Nathaniel Train, and did that play into this?
My heart goes out to all of the offices involved, including the 16 special forces officers that arrived on the scene, the brave neighbour who died seemingly trying to render assistance, the whole of the QPS force and the Queensland Police Union, who are I’m sure, hurting deeply at this time.
Violence is unacceptable in any form, and the idea that serving officers were apparently “executed” is absolutely terrifying and abhorrent. To me, this is at the high end of violent offending.
