An alleged domestic dispute between a stepfather and his stepson has ended with one dead and another fighting for life after being shot by police.
Police were called to a Chris Court home in Hillside, west of Melbourne, about 6.50am on Friday following reports a man had been stabbed.
A 61-year-old man was found on the front lawn of the home with critical injuries when police arrived on the scene.
Officers said they then heard a scream from inside the home, where they were allegedly confronted by a man with a knife, who advanced towards them after failed negotiations, 9News reported.
Police fired several shots, both inside the home and on the street, hitting the man in the lower body.
The man, aged in his 30s, was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital under police guard and remains in a critical but stable condition with lower body injuries.
It is understood a heavily pregnant woman, believed to be the sister of the man shot by police, called triple zero when he turned up unannounced at the home and an altercation broke out between the two men.
Police shot a man just moments after another man died at a Chris Court home in Hillside about 6.50am on Friday. Reports from the scene said the men were stepson and his stepfather
Police gather at the tragic scene in Hillside on Friday
The pregnant female, aged 27, was taken to hospital for observation as a precaution.
Officers attempted CPR on the 61-year old but he died at the scene.
Police allege they were then confronted by the younger man with an edged weapon.
Despite attempts at negotiations, the man ran outside and allegedly stabbed a police car tyre and ‘advanced towards one of the officers’, The Age reported.
On Friday afternoon, Detective Inspector Dean Thomas told reporters police were not looking for any other suspects in relation to the tragedy.
‘We believe all parties were known to each other and we are treating this as a family violence incident,’ he said.
Mr Thomas said the stepson was not living at the Hillside property and had ‘showed up unannounced’ on Friday morning.
Police remained at the scene throughout Friday
Reporters gathered at the crime scene where Inspector Thomas addressed them
Inspector Thomas said he had seen the officers’ bodycam footage and he was satisfied the officers had ‘done everything they could’ to defuse the situation.
Family members of the deceased told reporters at the scene the incident had been a result of a tragic domestic dispute.
Homicide squad detectives remain at the scene, which has been taped off as they examine the area for clues.
Police have urged anyone with information to come forward.
More to come.
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