Fiery moment Gus Lamont’s trans grandmother waves a pump-action shotgun and ERUPTS in explosive tirade at Daily Mail reporter – as police prepare to drain the dam at property where boy vanished

The grandmother of missing boy Gus Lamont brandished a shotgun at a Daily Mail reporter briefing him on the ongoing search for his grandson.

Veteran reporter Jonica Bray arrived at the remote property near Yunta, in South Australia’s vast Outback plains, on Thursday to ask the family if they wanted to share their story.

Ms Bray had offered her condolences to Gus’s other grandmother, Shannon Murray, who declined to comment and was leaving the property when the gun was pulled on her.

As the reporter walked toward his vehicle, Josie Murray appeared from the far corner of the house, holding a firearm in one hand and a bullet casing in the other.

‘Who are you?’ he asked, waving the gun.

Josie’s wife, Shannon, declared that the situation was under control, but when Ms. Bray introduced herself appropriately, Josie became enraged and brandished her gun.

‘To leave! “You’re trespassing, get out, get out,” he shouted. ‘Are you deaf? To leave!’

Ms Bray has already said she is ‘leaving’.

“Cover your face and get out,” Josie shouted. Afterwards, both the reporter and the photographer accompanying him left the property.

Josie Murray photographed holding shotgun

Police will continue the search at a farm in remote South Australia on Friday

The altercation took place hours before South Australia Police announced the search for Gus would resume for a third time on Friday.

Despite two previous major search operations involving SAPOL, Air Pol, ADF and SES, the four-year-old boy was not found.

Monday marked a month since his grandparents disappeared from the remote Oak Park sheep station about 27 miles south of Yunta.

The only trace of Gus was a footprint in the red soil, believed to match the boots he was wearing when he disappeared around 5.30pm while playing in a sandbank under the supervision of his grandmother.

Friday’s search will once again focus officers on the family’s farm as police prepare to evacuate the dam, which is already being searched by dive teams.

In the statement made by the police, it was said, “Drying the dam will allow the completion of a comprehensive visual search, especially in areas with underwater vegetation.”

A new search is being carried out at the dam to eliminate the possibility that ‘Gus’ may have drowned.

‘This follows extensive ground and air searches of the area surrounding the farm since Gus disappeared.’

Monday marks a month since four-year-old Gus disappeared from his grandparents’ remote Oak Park sheep station, about 27 miles south of Yunta.

He was last seen playing in a makeshift sandbox on the farm.

Officers will once again focus the search on the family’s farm and prepare to drain the dam

The dam is approximately 600 meters from the farm and roughly 4.5 meters deep.

Australian Defense Force personnel were also called to assist.

Gus’s father, Joshua Lamont, was living and renovating a house in Belalie North, two hours from Murray Station.

The house appears to have been abandoned since Gus went missing, and there is talk of a widening rift between him and the rest of the Murray family.

‘Josh has been banned from the farmhouse,’ a friend told the Daily Mail. ‘There’s a lot of emotion and things have been said that can’t be taken back.’

Concerned friends of Mr. Lamont began quietly conducting welfare checks at his home, concerned about his mental state.

‘We don’t know where he is and we’re worried we’ll find him dead there,’ his friend said.

‘He is angry and heartbroken and will never heal until he finds out what happened.’

Unlike the Murrays, those who know Mr. Lamont describe him as outspoken and fiery, and not the type to keep quiet.

‘Things like this can affect people in different ways, but Josh speaks his mind and he always has,’ they said.

Josh Lamont photographed after son disappears without a trace

The half-finished house where Mr. Lamont lives stands eerily still

Mr Lamont appears to have abandoned the home he renovated for his young family

‘He’s always fighting with people because he’s loud-mouthed, so that’s what we don’t understand.’

Mr. Lamont, who had never lived permanently on the Murray family farm, was renovating the property so the family could move in before Gus started school.

“I don’t think he’s coming back now,” his friend said. ‘You know what the point is? All those plans were together.

‘He wants answers, he needs them, or how can he move on?’

It is understood Mr. Lamont only learned his child was missing when police woke him up at his Belalie North home hours after Gus went missing.

A source said he had ‘conflicts’ with Josie and was unhappy with her children being brought up at the station.

The whereabouts of Gus’s mother, Jessica Murray, are unclear and locals say neither she nor her one-year-old son, Ronnie, have been seen in the area since the devastating events occurred.

Friends describe Jess as a quiet and highly intelligent woman.

Jessica Murray is described as quiet and shy

‘He actually skipped his senior year of high school to go to college,’ one said.

‘He’s very smart and successful academically, but he’s really shy and doesn’t talk much.’

South Australian Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Gus’ disappearance and they believed the boy had disappeared. The Daily Mail does not suggest otherwise.

Grandma Shannon noticed Gus was gone when she went to call him in for dinner around 5:30 p.m. His family reported him missing three hours later.

Shannon was inside the farm looking after Gus’s one-year-old brother, Ronnie, when the little boy disappeared.

When Gus went missing, Gus’s mother, Jessica, was reportedly with Josie, who was searching for the lost sheep about 10 km away from the farm.

A close friend of Shannon and Josie suggested that Gus may have left to look for his mother.

‘It’s easy to get lost in such a big station,’ said his friend.

‘Shannon grew up there and almost got lost a few years ago.

‘He and Josie went sorting sheep on a motorbike one afternoon and broke up for a while. He had to turn off his bike to listen to Josie find her way back.

‘He’s a happy little boy, happy doing his own thing. But when you address him, he becomes shy and hides, they said.