Constable who survived shooting stands with community in vigil

The constable who survived the Wieambilla shootings has "uplifted" a whole town by attending a candlelight vigil for her colleagues who were mercilessly slain in a calculated ambush at a rural Queensland property.

Constable Keely Brough, 28, stood silently in the nearby town of Chinchilla on Friday evening as the community grieved.

Vigil organiser Lance Payne told Today "it was the most uplifting thing the community needed".

Survivor of the Wieambilla police shooting, Constable Keely Brough, embraces Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Charysse Pond.

"To see the strength she had to turn up to an event like that was incredible," Payne said.

"To go through what she did and then four nights later on to turn up to a community event just to show her support for the community, that was uplifting for the whole town."

Payne said 18 businesses came forward to help put on last night's event, allowing the community to come together as one.

"McDonald's was delivering cheeseburgers all night for the kids that turned up."

Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Charysse Pond hugged Constable Brough at the ceremony, where a guard of honour was formed by locals who openly wept during the tribute.

Constable Matthew Arnold, 26, Constable Rachel McCrow, 29, and Good Samaritan neighbour Alan Dare were shot dead by Nathaniel and Gareth Train and Gareth's partner Stacey Train during the horrific ambush at Wieambilla on Monday.

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Constable Randall Kirk, 28, and Constable Brough, managed to escape with their lives despite the sustained gunfire from the heavily-armed Train trio.

Constable Kirk was wounded and is recovering in hospital after surgery.

During the siege, Constable Brough sent text messages to her loved ones fearing she was about to die. The Trains had set fire to the grass she was hiding in to try and flush her out.

The Trains were already wearing camouflage gear when the shooting started, and police are investigating whether the officers were intentionally lured to the property.

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers said the two officers killed had been "executed".

"This was a pure execution," he said.

Yesterday, more than 200 people gathered at Tara Police Station to pay tribute to the victims.

"They are such a close-knit and caring community and the loss of these lives has fallen hard on a great many people," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

"An act of violence and bloodshed so sudden, so cruel, so alien to the community and country that they know."