According to a Victoria Police report, the 51-year-old woman was charged with two counts of threatening to attack police, two counts of assaulting police, two counts of common law assault and reckless conduct causing serious injury. Has gone.
On Sunday, emergency services were called to Penders Park, near Collins Street in Thornbury, at around 2.50am. local time, reports of a woman armed with a kitchen knife came in, Xinhua news agency reported.
The combined site is located approximately 8 km north of Melbourne's central business district.
Despite officers negotiating with the woman to drop the knife, she refused to do so, and pepper spray was later used.
Victoria Police said, "The woman allegedly ran towards officers holding a knife, before officers fired a single shot. She was taken to hospital in stable condition to be treated for a gunshot wound to the thigh."
Local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident under the supervision of the Professional Standards Command, which is standard protocol when police discharge their weapons.
On Sunday, emergency services were called to Penders Park, near Collins Street in Thornbury, at around 2.50am. local time, reports of a woman armed with a kitchen knife came in, Xinhua news agency reported.
The combined site is located approximately 8 km north of Melbourne's central business district.
Despite officers negotiating with the woman to drop the knife, she refused to do so, and pepper spray was later used.
Victoria Police said, "The woman allegedly ran towards officers holding a knife, before officers fired a single shot. She was taken to hospital in stable condition to be treated for a gunshot wound to the thigh."
Local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident under the supervision of the Professional Standards Command, which is standard protocol when police discharge their weapons.
