Share and Follow
A man has been shot dead by police after reports of a domestic violence incident in Brisbane‘s north.
Police were responding to a call about 2:15pm that a man, 29, had stabbed another male understood to be his father, at a house on Days Road in Granger.
Upon arrival police found several family members at the scene and a man suffering knife wounds to his left hand.
Shortly after a man, who police believe is responsible for the stabbing, lunged at officers with a knife and was shot by a constable three times.
While CPR was commenced immediately after, the man succumbed to his injuries.
The father is currently in hospital being treated with non-life threatening injuries.
Footage by 9News from the scene shows a woman outside the home screaming to emergency responders ‘you shot my son’ and ‘my son’s dead because of you’.
‘That’s just a horrific incident,’ Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham told reporters on Sunday afternoon.
‘(It’s unfortunate) our officers being confronted with a situation where they saw it fit to use a level of force that would result in GBH (Grievous Bodily Harm) or death.
‘That is not a decision that anyone can take lightly.’
Det Supt Massingham said that tasers were not deployed during the incident.
Read Related Also: Vatican Demands Bishops Stop Criticizing Pope Francis on Social Media
He also revealed children were at the scene at the time of the incident and that officers first requirement was ‘to get them assistance and to get them to a place of safety’.
Police were responding to a call about 2:15pm that a man, 29, had stabbed another male understood to be his father, at a house on Days Road in Granger (scene pictured)
Several family members were at the residence at the time of the incidence, police said
Police and Queensland Ambulance Services had attended to the address the day prior in relation to mental health concerns for the deceased.
‘This is indeed a tragedy,’ Det Supt Massingham said.
The six officers at the scene are being questioned by ethical standards and officers of the crime scene division will oversee the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Bodycam footage of the incident is also being reviewed.
Investigations are ongoing.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
