Man with ‘knife’ shot by police at Kingaroy General Hospital emergency room
A man has been shot by police after allegedly pulling a knife in a hospital emergency room.
The man was shot at Kingaroy General Hospital in Queensland’s South Burnett region at around 7.34pm on Friday.
He is being treated by hospital staff; his condition is unknown.
A witness said she saw the man emerge from the toilet with a kitchen knife, the Courier Mail reported.
“The man walked past our friend and past a woman with a small child,” she said.
“The police were called and the man was shot twice.”
The woman added that a female officer involved in the shooting panicked after the incident.
The man was shot at Kingaroy General Hospital in Queensland’s South Burnett region at around 7.34pm on Friday
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