A man is in custody and a section of a town west of Ipswich has been placed into lockdown by specialist police after a man fired “several shots” at officers on Sunday morning.
Police made an emergency declaration about 11.45am after visiting a rural property on Kingsley Street, Walloon, to conduct a welfare check on a man almost nine hours earlier.
“Upon arrival, police attempted to locate a man who they believed to be in a shed by himself,” police said in a statement.
“After negotiations an emergency situation was declared at 8.45am after the man, who is armed, fired several shots, including…
