- Major police operation underway in south-east Melbourne
- Man understood to have died during a potential robbery
A man has died at a shopping centre in Melbourne after reportedly barricading himself inside a toilet cubicle following a failed robbery attempt.
Victoria Police were called to Lynbrook Shopping Centre in the city’s south-east after reports of a robbery on Friday afternoon.
The man had allegedly been trying to rob a store in the mall before he barricaded himself in the toilet while being chased by police, reports The Herald Sun.
It is understood he died at the scene.
A dozen emergency vehicles were seen outside the centre during the initial police response.
CCTV footage caught paramedics wheeling a man out of the building on a stretcher.
More to come.
A man has died after Victoria Police were called to Lynbrook Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s south-east after reports of a robbery on Friday afternoon