Gun pulled on Melbourne Police, man and woman shot
A man and woman have been shot by Police inside a Melbourne nightclub.
Members of the Critical Incident Response Team rushed to the venue on King Street just after 3am, amid reports a man had pulled out a gun inside an upstairs room.
In a statement, Police confirmed the man was hit “in the torso”.
“He was taken to hospital under police guard,” the statement said.
A woman also suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Her relationship to the man is not known.
.@VictoriaPolice: Security said they thought the gun was fake but when the man didn't drop it police fired. MORE: https://t.co/yitfLK5UhS pic.twitter.com/MeFkJdCGLG
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) July 7, 2017