Vic: Man questioned over gun fight with police

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2006
Vic: Man questioned over gun fight with police

Police are still questioning a man after an officer was injured in a gunfight in Melbourne
last night.

The constable and his partner were called to to a report of a car crashing into a house
in Sydenham in the Western suburbs.

The officers were fired on when they tried to question a man nearby.

A number of shots were fired at the police .. who returned fire .. one officer suffered
a superficial leg wound.

A man was arrested a short distance away following a search that included members of
the elite special operations group .. the dog squad and a police helicopter.

Police still haven't established if he was connected with the shooting .. and won't
comment on reports a large amount of cash was found in the crashed car.

AAP RTV jrd/ce/bart

KEYWORD: SHOOTING (MELBOURNE)

2006 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.