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Seven hour siege ends with a gunman rushed to hospital in critical condition after he was found unresponsive in a suburban home
- An alleged gunman barricaded himself in a home
- Police held negotiations at the Melbourne home
- The alleged gunman was found unresponsive
A large-scale police operation in Melbourne‘s northwest has finally come to an end seven hours after a man barricaded himself inside a home with a firearm.
Police began negotiations with an allegedly armed man barricaded a Sunbury home on Magdalene Court on Friday.
Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 11am following reports of a dispute between two parties known to each other.
A man allegedly armed with a firearm locked himself inside a property about 650m away on Xavier Court.
Police began negotiations with an allegedly armed man barricaded a Sunbury home on Magdalene Court on Friday afternoon (pictured, police at the scene)
Special Operation Group officers forced entry into the home at about 7pm and found the alleged gunman unresponsive (pictured, police at the scene)
At about 7pm Special Operation Group officers forced entry into the home and found the man unresponsive.
He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
While negotiations were underway, Seven News spoke to a man who claimed to be the owner of the home the alleged gunman was in.
He said there was no firearm on the property and claimed the gunman was a recently released prisoneraged in his 30s.
‘The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be determined and investigations remain ongoing,’ Victoria Police said.
The alleged gunman was taken from the Sunbury home to hospital in a critical condition (pictured, emergency responders at the scene)
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