Overview
- Police say a white BMW believed to be stolen was spotted driving erratically on the Eastern Freeway at Doncaster around 12:30pm before being followed into the CBD.
- A woman was struck on Exhibition Street during the pursuit and taken to hospital for observation with non-life-threatening injuries.
- The car was abandoned in Bourke Street Mall as the youths fled into Myer and were arrested by heavily armed officers inside the Emporium shopping centre.
- Two 17-year-olds and two 16-year-olds from the Bendigo and Yarra Ranges areas were charged with offences including theft of a motor vehicle and conduct endangering life, with the two 16-year-olds also facing aggravated home invasion and aggravated burglary charges.
- Police said no weapons were involved, countering reports of machetes, and Yarra Trams briefly diverted routes 86 and 96 during the response.