US EditionA Man Accused of Assaulting a Woman Has Been Shot Dead by Police in Victoria
YARRA JUNCTION, MELBOURNE, JUL 30 – Police shot a man after responding to an assault report; the woman involved was seriously injured and is receiving hospital treatment, officials said.
- Police in Melbourne’s outer east shot dead a man after officers responded to reports of an assault at a home on Warburton Highway on Wednesday.
- Police responded to reports a man was assaulting a woman at an address on Warburton Highway, and the man and woman are believed to have been known to each other.
- Amid the confrontation, ambulance crews were called but the man could not be revived, police said.
- Homicide Squad detectives have launched an investigation with oversight from Professional Standards Command, and police appealed for witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
- Ahead of a Thursday press conference, police will seek further witness information after a forensics team gathered evidence at the crime scene in Yarra Junction with the state coroner present.
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Man shot dead by police while strangling, attacking sister with samurai sword
A man is dead, and his sister is fighting for life with a partially severed arm after the former attacked her with a samurai sword at a home on Warburton Highway, Yarra Junction. The man was shot dead by police who were intervening in the altercation, after Tasers proved ineffective.
·Sydney, Australia
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