Western Australian Prime Minister Roger Cook told the press that the teenager, armed with a knife, “lunged” towards police officers and was shot and killed by a police officer.
Cook added: “There are indications that he has become radicalized Internet. “But I want to reassure the public that at this point it appears he acted alone.”
Police received a call late Saturday from a person warning that he was going to commit a crime.Violent actsBut without mentioning his name or location, State Police Commissioner Cole Blanche told the press.
Within minutes, a call alerted Emergency Police reported that a male person carrying a knife was running around the parking lot Cars“In Williton, a southern suburb of Perth.
According to the police chief, photos camera Police showed that the teenager refused officers' demands to put the knife down.
The police officers used my gun He was shocked Electric, but “both of them did not have the full desired effect,” he said.
The police official added that the teenager “continued to advance towards an officer who fired a single bullet, fatally wounding him.”
He indicated that the teenager died In the hospital Later.
