Heavily armed police have surrounded a house in Melbourne’s south-east where the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered.
At about 9:55pm on Monday, police received reports of yelling coming from a unit on Adrienne Crescent in Mount Waverley.
Police said they escalated their response after a further call to triple-0, with members of the Critical Incident Response Team among those who arrived at the scene.
The Homicide Squad’s Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said officers found a man and a woman dead inside the home.
“Of course, that’s very traumatic … obviously they weren’t expecting that last night,” Inspector Thomas said at the scene on Tuesday morning.
There was a large police presence at the home through the night. (ABC News)
A 34-year-old man was arrested about 6 kilometres away at Westall Railway Station at about 1:40am on Tuesday.
“We believe that there is a link between our suspect and the address,” Inspector Thomas said.
“But we’re just working together at this point to make sense of what that means and what it all looks like.”
He issued an appeal for anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the area between Adrienne Court, Ferntree Gully Road and the railway station to contact police.
“The person that we took into custody was in the company of two large dogs. I think that would look fairly obvious to people who may have been in the area.”
Detective Inspector Dean Thomas has appealed for information from anyone who saw a man in the area with two large dogs. (ABC News)
He said police were not looking for anybody else in relation to the deaths.
Police were yet to reveal the identities of the man and woman.
Inspector Thomas would not say how they died, however he said a weapon other than a gun was used.
“Crime scene examiners are examining the scene at the moment,” he said.
“That will go for the best part of the day, I would suggest.”
He said support and counselling was being offered to those living in neighbouring units.
Police are yet to interview the arrested man. (ABC News)
Victoria Police has urged anyone who witnessed the incident, has footage or information that may help detectives to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.