Police shoot man dead after gunfire exchanged in siege
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.
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.
Homicide Squad detectives will investigate the fatal shooting with oversight from the Professional Standards Command, as is the standard procedure.
The state coroner has visited the scene.
There has been a spate of police shootings in Victoria in recent months.
Madeline Margaret Henry, 33, was shot dead on May 24 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.
Somali man Abdifatah Ahmed was also shot dead at Footscray in the city's inner west on April 17 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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