Kellerberrin shooting: Moylan Grain Silos boss breaks silence after Terry Czernowski killed by Lachlan Bowles

The owner of the Kellerberrin grain silo business where a father was gunned down by a co-worker says other workers have a “long road ahead of them” after witnessing the killing and trying to save the victim’s life. Breaking his silence almost a week after Lachlan Bowles fatally shot Terry Czernowski at Moylan Grain Silos on Thursday before taking his own life, the boss of the business, Corey Moylan, revealed his staff had been left traumatised by the ordeal. Mr Moylan said after overcoming the shock of what had taken place, workers “chucked Terry in the ute to try and get him to hospital”. “That’s going to be traumatic for the fellas involved for years to come,” he told ABC Radio on Wednesday. “So for them to take the initiative and do that … they’re going to be lifelong friends, but … they’ve got a long road ahead of them for what they’ve seen. “And a lot of them are doubting what they’ve done, you know, whether they did the right thing. And they’ll be doing that for quite some time now. “But, you know, all we can do is just say, ‘You did the right thing, there’s nothing else you could have done, and you reacted in Terry’s best interests, and that’s all we can ask.’” My Moylan paid tribute to Mr Czernowski, 44, who he said was a “go-to bloke” who will be “missed in so many ways”. “He had an understanding of pretty much every machine … so he had the utmost respect of everyone in the workshop,” he said. “He was just a fantastic little fella who would inadvertently make us laugh without even trying. “He was one of those fellas who just got on with things … it’s just a huge shame. “He will be missed in so many ways.” Mr Moylan also said in the interview that Mr Czernowski was due to be awarded long-service leave this year and had planned to take time off to spend with his young daughter. Mr Moylan also described Bowles as an “important member” of his workforce. He said he had worked at the business for three or four years. “This is with the utmost respect to both families involved. It’s pretty hard to resent the guy that caused this huge event,” he said. “From a business and a town point of view, he was Lachlan who worked for us and up until the events of last Thursday, he was one of us. “And he was reliable, he was one of our go-to guys in the workshop. “If we had an issue with a machine if we had something to be taken care of, he was the guy we went to, and he sorted it out without question, without batting an eyelid. “So, you know, obviously, the sentiment changes when he’s caused all this, and this is going to go on for years, [but] that’s what we knew of Lachlan.” Mr Moylan said the support shown by the community had been “mind-blowing” but the town, which has just 900 residents, was still coming to terms with what unfolded. His interview on Wednesday comes as The West Australian revealed Bowles delivered a tearful apology to his mother before shooting himself with his rifle. The tense siege operation saw Bowles facing off with police after 4pm in a remote grain field before their attempts at negotiation ended with him killing himself. What prompted Bowles to gun down the 44-year-old father at the grain silos business is still unknown, but police confirmed it was related to a matter between the two work colleagues. It is understood that in his last moments, Bowles was waving a Nazi flag as police tried to talk him down.