Man shot by police after allegedly threatening officers with knife
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Police shot a man in Logan Central on Saturday evening, leaving him in a life-threatening condition as emergency services dealt with a series of serious incidents in Queensland into the early hours of Sunday.
Police were called to Ewing Road, near Carmody Street, Logan Central, at around 5.54pm on Saturday following reports of an armed man making threats while carrying a knife.
Logan County Detective Acting Inspector Jason Kitto said officers attempted to speak to the man before he approached police with a knife and was shot.
Kitto said officers responded to a triple 0 call regarding a “male causing harm and threats.”
“I can confirm that police officers were threatened at the time and as a result a single shot was fired,” he said.
Previous advice from the Queensland Ambulance Service suggested the man was in his 30s, but Kitto confirmed he was 27 and known to police.
Kitto said the man was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital, where his condition was “stable but critical”.
Kitto said the 27-year-old is under police protection and has not yet been charged.
“Logan County’s priority at this time is to support the officers involved at the time, as well as fully cooperate with our Ethical Standards Command in concluding this investigation,” Kitto said.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the man was transported to PA in a “life-threatening condition” with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. No police officers or members of the public were injured.
It was declared a crime scene and police said there was no ongoing risk to public safety. A QPS spokesman said the Ethical Standards Command was investigating the incident under the supervision of the Crime and Corruption Commission. A police media conference was called for late Sunday morning.
A 26-year-old Beaudesert man was killed in a fatal two-vehicle crash near Esk in the early hours of Saturday afternoon. Police said a Kia Cerato and a Toyota Kluger were traveling in opposite directions on Esk-Hampton Road near Brennan Road when they collided at around 3.05pm.
Police said the driver of the Kia, the only person in the vehicle, died at the scene. The Toyota driver, a 55-year-old man from Esk, was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious condition. The Forensic Crash Unit was investigating the incident and appealed for witnesses or dashcam footage.
This was one of several serious accidents reported by QAS across the state.
A man was left in a life-threatening condition after a single vehicle crashed into a post on Foreshore Court in Elimbah at around 4.17am on Sunday, causing the vehicle to burst into flames.
Two men were taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in potentially life-threatening conditions following a single-vehicle crash on Jacaranda Avenue in Kingston at around 11.18pm.
In Meadowvale, paramedics responded to a single vehicle crash on Rosedale Road at around 9.33pm. A woman with significant head and neck injuries was transported to hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition, while a little girl, identified by QAS as a toddler, was taken to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition with head trauma.
In regional Queensland, a man in his 60s was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with life-threatening head injuries after his motorcycle crashed into a kangaroo on Wighton Road in Woodmillar about 4.11pm on Saturday.
A teenage boy was taken to Jandowae Hospital with “serious” leg injuries after being thrown from a bull at Jandowae Showgrounds at around 6.32pm.
In Cairns, emergency teams responded to the incident involving two vehicles and a train at the intersection of Water Street and Upward Street at around 17.25. A QAS spokesman said no injuries were reported and everyone involved refused to be taken to hospital.
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