Police shoot man dead after gunfire during siege in Victorian town of Daisy Hill
Police were called to Menzies Drive in Daisy Hill, near the Victorian town of Maryborough, about 3pm on Thursday after reports of a gun being fired in an incident where no one was injured.
They tried to speak with the man before an hours-long siege, with the Critical Incident Response Team, Special Operations Group and Dog Squad called in to assist, Victoria police said in a statement on Friday.
It is alleged the man fired shots towards police, who returned fire just before 10pm.
The man, who has not been formally identified, was hit and died at the scene.
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Homicide Squad detectives will investigate the fatal shooting with oversight from the Professional Standards Command, as is the standard procedure, police said.
The state coroner has visited the scene.
There have been several shootings by police in Victoria in recent months.
Madeline Margaret Henry, 33, was shot dead on 24 May in South Melbourne after allegedly driving towards a male senior constable during the arrest of a machete-wielding man.
The senior constable shot at the vehicle four times, hitting and killing the female driver.
Abdifatah Ahmed was also shot dead at Footscray in the city's inner west on 17 April after allegedly rushing at police with a knife.
Commander Tim Tully said two officers told the man to drop the weapon and shot him when he charged at police.
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