Police shoot a man believed to have been armed with 'an edged weapon' at Lilydale Marketplace in Melbourne's outer east.
Police have shot a man who was allegedly armed with "an edged weapon" at the Lilydale Marketplace shopping centre in Melbourne's outer east.Ambulance Victoria said the man was believed to be in a serious condition with upper body injuries
A woman saw a man "brandishing quite a large knife" outside a chemist shop, she told a Melbourne radio station Police said they were called to Lilydale at about 8:30am, and paramedics said they were called about 8:45amA man was "believed to be in a serious condition"Victoria Police said officers were called to Hutchinson Street in Lilydale at about 8:30am, following reports of a "a man armed with an edged weapon"A woman who was passing the Lilydale Marketplace on a walk told 3AW she saw a man "brandishing quite a large knife" outside a chemist shop.
"[He] was standing there for about five minutes, obviously surrounded by police, but now he's decided to go walking through the car park," she told the radio station about two minutes before gunshots were heard. "There are guns drawn and they're yelling at him to put the knife down, but he doesn't seem interested in that."
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