Investigation begins into fatal police shooting in Brisbane’s north

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Investigations are underway into fatal police shooting north of Brisbane. Two crime scenes have been declared in Caboolture after police shot a man who allegedly stabbed one person and threatened another with a knife.

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00:00There's certainly plenty of questions surrounding this case still this morning.

00:06I'm here on Margaret Street, which is one of two crime scenes here in Caboolture, north of Brisbane.

00:11Police were called up the road to Beerburham Street just before 4 o'clock this morning,

00:16where a man in his 40s had been stabbed in the neck.

00:19That man's been taken to hospital in a serious condition where he remains.

00:23The alleged offender then fled, believed to be on foot, here to Margaret Street,

00:27where police allege he threatened a woman in her 20s with a knife.

00:32Police were then called to this address here and that's where the altercation with officers began.

00:37That man was then shot and he died here at the scene.

00:41Now we've spoken to some neighbours here in Caboolture who say

00:44they haven't seen anything like this in this neighbourhood in recent memory.

00:48Here's what Paula Deen told us.

00:51I'm pretty surprised, especially now that I see all the journalists and police cars around the place.

00:57Usually police cars we hear them driving past, but not stopping in the area.

01:03So it's that kind of nice area, you know.

01:06Now we've heard from police that we'll have more details from a press conference later this morning,

01:12but at this stage forensic crews remain on scene here and no doubt will throughout the day.

01:17We're just nearby a school as well where this incident has happened,

01:21so no doubt troubling information this morning for the community to wake up to.

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