CANBERRA — A man who allegedly threatened police with a knife has died after being shot by officers in South Australia (SA).
SA Police said that the 40-year-old man was shot at a home during an incident in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The man was treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being transported to hospital where he died.
SA Police said that the shooting occurred after police officers and ambulance crews were deployed to the home in Adelaide’s southern suburbs shortly after midnight in response to reports of a man harming himself with a knife.
Officers entered the home to speak to the 40-year-old when he allegedly threatened them with a knife.
“Police deployed a taser which was unsuccessful, the man continued to threaten patrols with the knife,” SA Police said in a statement.
“Police then discharged their firearms, incapacitating the man.”
There were no injuries to police. SA Police’s Internal Investigation Service as well as detectives from the major crimes and forensic response units have launched an investigation into the incident.
The street where the incident occurred has been closed and the public asked to avoid the area.
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