Man shot by police responding to reported house fire in Wynnum West

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A 39-year-old man is in a critical condition after being shot by police in Brisbane. Police were attending a house fire at Wynnum west when a man at the scene was shot by officers. He's been taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition with a wound to his abdomen. It took eight fire crews around an hour to extinguish the blaze. There are no reports of other injuries. The police ethical standards command is now investigating.

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00:00Policing is an inherently dangerous occupation, we know that and today our officers were confronted

00:07with a situation which required them to use the use of force adequate for the situation

00:12they were confronted with. They have done so and as a result we are now providing support

00:18to those officers who attended here today. We also have QFES officers as well who are

00:23on scene here today at the same time in relation to the calls for service for the house fire

00:28and we are ensuring that they are provided support as well.

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