BREAKING NEWS Major police operation underway in South Melbourne after shooting with one woman dead and a man injured
Multiple inner city streets in Melbourne have been locked down following a shooting.
It is understood police officers shot dead a woman about 5pm and a man has also been injured.
The situation unfolded between Dow Street and Church Street in South Melbourne with more than a dozen police vehicles and ambulances still in the area.
Investigators from the homicide squad and professional standards command have both been dispatched to the scene.
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