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A quiet suburban street in Page will remain locked down for more than 24 hours and an expansive, blood-soaked crime scene has been established as police investigate an incident which left one man dead, others badly injured and one man in custody. Officers were called to a disturbance at an address on Braine Street about 9am on Saturday, where they found a man with “significant injuries”. While police were providing emergency first aid to the injured man, they say another man rushed at the officers. Officers tasered him and took him into custody. Inside the house, police found a deceased man, as well as a woman who was badly injured. The man first treated by police was rushed to hospital, together with the injured woman. Both were undergoing surgery on Saturday afternoon, and their current medical condition remains unknown. No ages have been provided by police for the deceased, nor the injured. The suspected assailant is also understood to have significant wounds, and is also undergoing treatment. His condition, too, remains unknown, and a police guard has been established for him at the hospital. A major crime scene has been established on Braine St, with portable screens erected encompassing not just the address where the incident occurred, but four neighbouring homes. While the house where the deceased man was found is the primary crime scene, the extent of the police cordon indicates there are several secondary crime scenes . Police confirmed the crime scene stretches over a number of properties, possibly as a result of one of the victims attempting to flee the house and seek help from a neighbour. There is also a strong indication that the weapon, or weapons, involved came from within the house where the deceased man was found. No firearms were used. Police said full investigative resources have been deployed, including all available forensics crime scene staff. A 360-degree crime scene mapping camera has been set up to capture three-dimensional imagery of the location. Detective Superintendent Scott Moller, the head of the ACT crime team who was recalled to duty together with a number of other senior homicide detectives, assured the public there were “no ongoing risks to public safety in this area” arising from the incident. He would not be drawn on whether this was a family violence incident. “We’re still working through all the issues in relation to this … and piecing together the circumstances,” he said. Superintendent Moller would not discuss what weapons were involved, whether or not the people involved were known to each other, nor whether the Braine St address was known to police. “We’re continuing to process the crime scene; we’ll be here tonight and into tomorrow,” he said.
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A quiet suburban street in Page will remain locked down for more than 24 hours and an expansive, blood-soaked crime scene has been established as police investigate an incident which left one man dead, others badly injured and one man in custody.
Officers were called to a disturbance at an address on Braine Street about 9am on Saturday, where they found a man with “significant injuries”.
While police were providing emergency first aid to the injured man, they say another man rushed at the officers. Officers tasered him and took him into custody.
Detective Superintendent Scott Moller, the head of the crime team, would not be drawn on whether those involved in the incident knew each other. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Inside the house, police found a deceased man, as well as a woman who was badly injured.
The man first treated by police was rushed to hospital, together with the injured woman.
Both were undergoing surgery on Saturday afternoon, and their current medical condition remains unknown.
No ages have been provided by police for the deceased, nor the injured.
A police officer sets up a panoramic camera at the scene. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
The suspected assailant is also understood to have significant wounds, and is also undergoing treatment. His condition, too, remains unknown, and a police guard has been established for him at the hospital.
A major crime scene has been established on Braine St, with portable screens erected encompassing not just the address where the incident occurred, but four neighbouring homes.
While the house where the deceased man was found is the primary crime scene, the extent of the police cordon indicates there are several secondary crime scenes .
Officers have blocked off a large section of Braine St. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Police confirmed the crime scene stretches over a number of properties, possibly as a result of one of the victims attempting to flee the house and seek help from a neighbour.
There is also a strong indication that the weapon, or weapons, involved came from within the house where the deceased man was found. No firearms were used.
Police said full investigative resources have been deployed, including all available forensics crime scene staff.
A 360-degree crime scene mapping camera has been set up to capture three-dimensional imagery of the location.
Homicide detectives wait for the crime scene to be cleared, while in the background forensics officers in full protective equipment begin the painstaking task of collecting evidence. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Detective Superintendent Scott Moller, the head of the ACT crime team who was recalled to duty together with a number of other senior homicide detectives, assured the public there were “no ongoing risks to public safety in this area” arising from the incident.
He would not be drawn on whether this was a family violence incident.
“We’re still working through all the issues in relation to this … and piecing together the circumstances,” he said.
Superintendent Moller would not discuss what weapons were involved, whether or not the people involved were known to each other, nor whether the Braine St address was known to police.
“We’re continuing to process the crime scene; we’ll be here tonight and into tomorrow,” he said.
