A man has been shot and killed following a confrontation with police in Adelaide on Saturday night.
The man was wanted for allegedly crashing his van into a police officer on Friday night, during a line of inquiry at a Sampson Road house in Mitchell Park.
Police were ‘conducting inquiries’ at the Tollgate Motel at Glen Osmond on Saturday night, believing the man to be in hiding at the motel.
Assistant Commissioner Noel Bamford told media the police were at the motel when they saw what appeared to be a man holding a weapon in one of the rooms.
A man has been shot and killed following a confrontation with police at Tollgate Motel in Adelaide on Saturday night
Police were ‘conducting inquiries’ at the Tollgate Motel believing the man to be in hiding at the motel, Assistant Commissioner Noel Bamford said
‘A short time after that they heard what they believed to be two gunshots,’ Mr Bamford said.
‘Members of the STAR Group put a cordon around that room and attempted to resolve the matter by engaging with the man.
‘Sometime later, police action has been taken and the man has been shot by police and unfortunately has died of his injuries.’
Nobody else was injured in the incident.
The man was wanted for a crashing his van into a police officer on Friday night, during a line of inquiry at a Sampson Road house in Mitchell Park
The police officer who was knocked to the ground following the hit and run on Friday night is recovering at home, after suffering a concussion and a laceration to the back of his head.
The 38-year-old officer had attempted to direct the van to pull over on Friday night, but it allegedly swerved and knocked the officer to the ground before driving off.
A Commissioner’s Inquiry will be conducted following the death of the man.
Terri-Anne Coe, 27, witnessed the incident and told reporters she heard three loud pops that could have been gunshots, Adelaide Now reports.
A Commissioner’s Inquiry will be conducted following the death of the man
Ms Coe said an altercation started at unit 25 at the complex and men could be heard shouting.
‘We got told to get back into the room because they [police] were going to let the dogs off,’ she said.
‘We heard three quick pops and then after that it was all over the yelling had stopped.’
Ms Coe said she saw ‘a person’ taken away in an ambulance.