Multiple inner city streets in Melbourne have been locked down following a shooting.
It is understood police officers shot dead a woman about 5pm and a man has also been injured.
The situation unfolded between Dow Street and Church Street in South Melbourne with more than a dozen police vehicles and ambulances still in the area.
An officer is believed to have sustained non-life threatening injuries after being pinned to a wall by a vehicle.
Several shots are reported to have been fired.
Investigators from the homicide squad and professional standards command have both been dispatched to the scene.
More to follow.
A man is pictured in a stretcher following the incident in South Melbourne
Police vehicles are pictured at the scene following a suspected shooting in South Melbourne
