Major police operation underway in South Melbourne after shooting with one woman dead and a man injured
Multiple inner city streets in Melbourne have been locked down following a shooting.
It is understood police officers shot dead a woman about 5pm and a man has also been injured.
The situation unfolded between Dow Street and Church Street in South Melbourne with more than a dozen police vehicles and ambulances still in the area.
An officer is believed to have sustained non-life threatening injuries after being pinned to a wall by a vehicle.
Several shots are reported to have been fired.
Investigators from the homicide squad and professional standards command have both been dispatched to the scene.
Local man Alan told Nine News he and his wife heard loud bangs his wife believed to have been gun shots before police flocked to the scene.
‘Well there were a few bangs, I wasn’t quite sure what they were but my wife sort of thought they might’ve been gunshots,’ he said.
A man is pictured in a stretcher following the incident in South Melbourne
Police vehicles are pictured at the scene following a suspected shooting in South Melbourne
‘There was certainly a couple of loud bangs and then the police arrive on mass.
‘There was one policeman up with his back to the wall and was getting some attention from other policeman.
‘And there was certainly one person lying in the middle of the road getting chest compressions. There was obviously a lot of concern for that person.’
Victoria Police are currently gathering information relating to the incident which they hope to relay at a press conference at 7.30pm.
More to follow.
