Police have shot and killed a man outside the Westin Hotel on Mary Street in central Brisbane. It is understood the man was in a car and wielding a knife when the shooting happened about 10:00am.
Police confirmed one man died and a second person was taken to hospital.
In a statement, they said officers were responding to reports a man armed with a knife had stabbed another man.
"It will be alleged the man charged at officers and was critically injured when police returned fire," the police statement said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 26-year-old man has been transported to hospital with facial and back injuries.
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