Three Shot in CBD
Three people were shot in Melbourne’s CBD, opposite the Rialto building, at about 8:15 this morning.
One is in critical condition, and the other two are unknown (though the story was last updated by the Age thirty minutes ago, so hopefully they’ll update soon).
As of 8:49, the gunman hadn’t been caught, but a friend reports via text that there were helicopters and police cars “screaming” through the CBD, so presumably he/she’ll be caught soon.
Update I: One of the victims has died, the other two rushed to hospital. The gunman has been identified as male and police are conducting a search for him in the CBD. They have cordoned off the area around Flinders, Spencer, Collins and William, where the shooting took place.
Update II: The gunman apparently knew his victims, so police are urging people not to panic. At the same time, don’t head down to the area unless you need to be there. Police are asking people to stay in their offices if working in the area.
Update III: That’s the second or third time a police chopper has gone over my North Carlton house, so they’re either being really through or expanding the search.
I’m off for a while, so further updates at The Age and The Australian (which seems to be pulling from the Age’s wire). The Herald Sun is also ‘reporting’ on this story, and has video on their main page (I can’t believe I just went to the Herald Sun for you).
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Yeah I saw the helicopter come in very low and turn around near the cemetery. It then flew to an area around the MCG. That’s a huge area to cover.
This is sad guys, where I’m from - Brazil - this has become part of our day-by-day, and we became some sort of “no care” people anymore.
That’s the main reason ’cause I’ve moved to Australia, here this sort of news still make people alert.
Lucio
Coming from Chicago, I also generally don’t pay much attention to people being shot. This is a highly unfortunate mindset - and one that living in Australia changes pretty quick. I will say that a shooting in the CBD, with an armed man running around, would probably have gotten attention back home, too.