A man was fatally shot by police in South Melbourne after he threatened them with a shotgun last night.
Five police shot the man, who was a suspect in a gang-related murder investigation. He died at the scene after sustaining three gunshots in his chest and one fatal shot in his head.
The man was shot by the police at 7.15 pm during a Victorian Special Operations police interception.
There were two people in the car at the time. A man,40 , and the woman, 25, who was the man’s defacto.
They were also carrying weapons and have been arrested and taken to St Kilda Road police centre for questioning.
Twenty special operating group police were involved in the incident. No police were hurt.
A witness, Joel Price said, “It sounded like firecrackers going off, the police were running around everywhere and there were white light going everywhere all over the street.”
Sandra Neitz confirmed the incident is still under investigation.
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