By CHARLOTTE MCINTYRE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 11:42 BST, 10 June 2025 | Updated: 12:24 BST, 10 June 2025

A woman has been shot by police at a Far North Queensland hotel.

Police were called to the West End Hotel on Ingham Road, in Townsville about 5.30pm on Tuesday following reports a woman had been brandishing a knife and making threats.

Queensland Police told Daily Mail Australia the woman ‘came’ at officers while armed with the weapon.

A police officer discharged their weapon and shot the woman.

She was hit in the abdomen and officers provided fist aid on the scene.

Paramedics then arrived and she was transported by ambulance to hospital.

A crime scene has been cordoned off and an investigation has commenced. 

More to follow. 

Police were called to a hotel on Ingham Road in Townsville just before 5.30pm on Tuesday (pictured)

Police were called to a hotel on Ingham Road in Townsville just before 5.30pm on Tuesday (pictured)

Police responded to reports of a woman making threats while armed with a knife (pictured, a police car outside the West End Hotel in Townsville)

Police responded to reports of a woman making threats while armed with a knife (pictured, a police car outside the West End Hotel in Townsville)

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