A man has been shot dead by police after an incident at Drouin in regional Victoria.
A police statement has confirmed the man was shot after he apparently produced an edged weapon in a traffic incident at Drouin, 100km east of Melbourne.
The shooting followed an armed carjacking earlier on Thursday morning at Mirboo North, about 60km from Drouin.
“Police then received reports of a vehicle, believed to be the stolen Audi, driving erratically in the Drouin area shortly before 9am,” a police statement said.
“Responding police attempted to stop the car before it was involved in a collision.
“During the highly dynamic incident it is believed the male produced an edged weapon and was shot by police.
“The man has since died.”
A caller to 3AW, Brock, said he saw the man running at police.
“The police were yelling at him to drop [a weapon], he didn’t drop it and they shot him twice,” he said.
Brock said the incident happened after the man’s car was involved in a head-on collision, following a police chase.