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On Sunday, the 27th June, information was brought into Beechworth that the Kelly gang had proceeded to a house at Sebastopol , and [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] had shot Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] and killed him. It seems that on the night previous, about 8 o'clock , the gang went to a hut at Sebastopol , about seven miles from Beechworth, on the Eldorado Road . There were in the hut at the time four constables, besides Sherritt and his wife. A German, Antonio Weders, a resident of the place, was brought by the gang to the house, and was compelled by the outlaws to call out "Aaron." Sherritt recognized the voice and opened the door, when Byrne fired, and hit him in the eye and chest. Sherritt died instantaneously. Byrne, after he fired the shot, said, “You will not blow now what you will do with us any more." The gang then surrounded the hut, and called upon the police to surrender. Eight shots were fired, the gang getting behind the trees. The police, on being challenged, refused to surrender, and said they would rather die than surrender. The gang kept the police prisoners for some time, and threatened to burn the house down and roast them alive. When Sherritt was shot the doors of the hut were closed, and as a bright fire was burning inside, the police were placed at a disadvantage. It seems that from the position the outlaws took up, the police were unable to fire a shot. There is no doubt the shooting of Sherritt was intended to intimidate others, who might be supposed to give information to the police as to the whereabouts of the outlaws.