<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An investigation is underway today after police fatally shot a man during a violent confrontation with a woman at a town in Victoria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Events began about 5.30pm yesterday when two officers were called to a property on the Warburton Highway in Yarra Junction, about 55km east of Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When they arrived, they saw a man assaulting a woman.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/queensland-parents-who-lost-son-to-stabbing-take-legislation-crusade-global/1b435796-bb9b-4746-9bca-98f8eb44de65"><strong><span>Queensland parents who lost son to stabbing take legislation crusade global</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the confrontation one of the officers shot the man. It is unclear at this stage whether the man was armed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ambulance crews were called to the scene but the man could not be revived.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman was flown by air ambulance to hospital and is being treated for serious injuries.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/man-shot-dead-by-police-in-victoria/8094ce43-4b86-4108-8201-7c85ca9820cd" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man and woman are believed to be known to each other.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Homicide detectives are now investigating with oversight from the Professional Standards Command, which is standard practice in a police shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The State Coroner, Judge John Cain, also attended the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/Z8tJCf"><strong><span>Sign up here</span></strong></a><strong><span> to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox.</span></strong></div></div>