Gunman dead, hostage crisis ends in Melbourne
June 05, 2017 15:00
Update on the hostage crisis in Melbourne, Australia:
Sky News reports: It's understood two police officers have been shot, and a gunman is dead, after a hostage situation at a south-east Melbourne apartment block.
The officers were believed to have been trying to storm the apartment when they were injured, their conditions are unknown.
Emergency services, including SES crews, were called to the scene on Bay Street about 4pm on Monday where they located the body of a man who appeared to have been shot in the foyer of the building.
Police were negotiating with the man who was holding a woman hostage inside one of the apartments.
Sky News reports: It's understood two police officers have been shot, and a gunman is dead, after a hostage situation at a south-east Melbourne apartment block.
The officers were believed to have been trying to storm the apartment when they were injured, their conditions are unknown.
Emergency services, including SES crews, were called to the scene on Bay Street about 4pm on Monday where they located the body of a man who appeared to have been shot in the foyer of the building.
Police were negotiating with the man who was holding a woman hostage inside one of the apartments.
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