Overview
- Police were called to the West End Hotel on Ingham Road in Townsville shortly before 5:30pm on June 10 over reports a woman was making threats with a knife.
- Officers say the 17-year-old advanced toward them with a knife and was shot in the abdomen by one of the responding officers.
- First responders administered first aid at the scene before she was taken to hospital, where her condition remains undisclosed.
- Witnesses reported hearing officers order the woman to drop the knife before a single gunshot was fired.
- The West End Hotel grounds have been sealed as a crime scene while investigations continue.