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Ethical standards command begins investigation after shooting in Ashgrove, north-west Brisbane














Police say the man threatened officers responding to reports of a domestic dispute. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP



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A man allegedly ran at police with a samurai sword before being shot in the chest by Queensland police.
The man, aged in his 40s, was struck in the stomach and chest and is in a serious condition in a Brisbane hospital.
The shooting happened in Ashgrove in Brisbane’s north-west about 8.30am on Thursday. Police said the man had threatened officers who were responding to reports of a domestic dispute. They told him to drop his weapon but he did not comply.
The Queensland police ethical standards command has begun an investigation into the shooting.
After the three fatal police shootings last month, police commissioner Ian Stewart denied there was a trigger happy culture in the service.
However, he has ordered a review into how officers responded to violent confrontations, including collaboration with experts in the use of force.There’s also expected to be a joint police and coronial inquiry into the fatal shootings, and Queensland’s corruption watchdog has indicated it will conduct a high priority research project on such incidents.There have been seven police shootings across Queensland this year, four of them fatal.



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