Police have arrested a man following a firearms incident in Weir Views last Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 12).
A stolen vehicle, believed to have been stolen in a carjacking in Snake Valley earlier in the day, was observed around the Melton area about 3.40pm.
The vehicle was monitored by Police Air Wing to Leon Drive when the man got out of the car and fired shots at police. Police were not physically injured.
The armed male then entered a house on Leon Drive where two occupants, a man and a toddler not known to him, were inside at the time.
Police continued to negotiate with the offender and the man and toddler were able to leave the address. The occupants were not physically injured.
The man fired at police once again, police returned fire and the police dog was deployed to assist with the arrest which took place just after 6pm.
The man sustained a dog bite injury during the arrest and was conveyed to hospital under police guard for treatment.
Police cordoned off the area and a crime scene wasn established.