Overview

• On June 10, Queensland Police responded to reports of a knife-wielding adolescent issuing threats outside the West End Hotel on Ingham Road in Townsville.
• Police allege the teenager lunged at officers, prompting an officer to shoot her in the abdomen and administer first aid before she was taken to Townsville University Hospital for surgery.
• She faces two counts of seriously assaulting a police officer armed with a weapon and one count of intent to cause grievous bodily harm after her June 20 arraignment.
• Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang they mistook for a car backfiring before police vehicles converged on the scene.
• The Ethical Standards Command is investigating the shooting under the oversight of the Crime and Corruption Commission.