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Police shoot and critically injure man charging at officers
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- A police officer shot a man who was allegedly running at officers responding to a welfare concern report in Fairfield.
- Police were called to a unit complex on Lawson Street in Fairfield about 7:30pm on Thursday after reports of a violent disturbance.
- Assistant Commissioner Brett Mc Fadden said officers arrived to the sound of "angry voices", and discovered blood in the doorway of one of the units.
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A police officer shot a man who was allegedly running at officers responding to a welfare concern report in Fairfield. (ABC News)
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Police were called to a unit complex on Lawson Street in Fairfield about 7:30pm on Thursday after reports of a violent disturbance.
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