Two people say they had a gun pointed at them in the lobby of a boutique hotel during a dramatic pursuit that shocked witnesses in Melbourne’s city on Tuesday morning. 

A man has been arrested after he allegedly carjacked two vehicles while armed with a gun then sped along streets and mounted footpaths in the CBD before fleeing through the hotel lobby on foot.

Police say he was injured while being arrested a short time later. He is currently being assessed in the Royal Melbourne Hospital. 

No members of the public were hurt during the incident.

A man lies on an ambulance stretcher surrounded by police officers in yellow high vis vests on a city street.

The arrested man was taken away in an ambulance, clearly injured. (ABC News)

Vision from the scene shows a handcuffed man being walked by police down the stairs of the hotel to an ambulance stretcher with blood on his face.

The man was dressed in a sports jacket, business shirt and long pants.

Little Bourke Street was closed near Chinatown as police combed through the area at about 11 o’clock.

Acting Inspector Emma Lobb told reporters the incident began at about 8 o’clock when the man was travelling in a vehicle with his wife.

A blonde police officer in a uniform stands in a street in Melbourne's CBD.

Acting Inspector Emma Lobb spoke to reporters at the scene of the arrest. (ABC News)

“He was quite distressed and he was going to go to the police station to make a complaint,” she said.

“I’m not too sure what the complaint was about.

“He has run out of petrol and from there he’s become quite agitated and he has carjacked a vehicle and headed into the North Melbourne area.”

The police officer alleged he then carjacked a second vehicle and made his way into the CBD.

A man with black hair in a black and white shirt stands against a brick wall that has been painted red.

A Mexican tourist alleges he had a gun pointed at him in the hotel lobby. (ABC News)

Humberto Aguilar was a guest at the hotel where the man was eventually arrested and said he was in the lobby when the man ran in.

He alleged the offender pointed a gun at him before police ran in and apprehended him.

“He put the gun on me. I had my back to the wall,” Mr Aguilar said.

The man was visiting Melbourne from Mexico for the Melbourne Marathon on the weekend.

A bald man in a black t-shirt stands in a CBD laneway with a microphone pointed at him.

Hotel chef Geoff says he was also caught up in the incident. (ABC News)

Geoff, a chef at the Lancemore Crossley St hotel, said he had been coming out of the bathroom in the lobby and heard a scream.

“I just saw this gun pointing at me and sort of waving and this guy screaming,” he said.

“I just ran out.

“It felt shocking. You’re sort of wondering what’s happening here in Melbourne.”

A man in a high vis orange top stands on a city street near a black four wheel drive ute.

Worker Nazer saw police fire a rubber bullet at a man during an incident in Melbourne’s CBD on October 14, 2025. (ABC News: Jessica Longbottom)

Another witness, a worker called Nazer, was working on Little Bourke Street when he heard people yelling that a man had a gun and to run.

He said he saw police chasing a man before shooting a rubber bullet at him.

He said it missed the man and instead hit his car.

A close up photo of a hand holding a large black object with a rounded rubber end.

Nazer says police shot a rubber bullet at the man but it missed. (ABC News: Jessica Longbottom)

Another witness said he had just got off a bus on his way to school when he saw a vehicle driving erratically near Flinders Street, sounding his horn at people and driving on the footpath.

“All I heard was beep, beep, beep,” the teenage boy said.

“I thought it was just a car beeping to move but then it was just driving and it almost hit this woman. I had to run and grab her”An ambulance and a police car are parked ona laneway street outside a brick building.

The incident ended in Little Bourke Street. (ABC News)

An ABC News crew saw a car speeding down tram tracks on busy Spencer Street with a male driver yelling out the car window.

They said the vehicle had its hazard lights on and was following a Victoria Police crime scene van.

Two unmarked police vans later followed.

Acting Inspector Lobb said the man was arrested by members of the Critical Incident Respone Team and Special Operations Group.

Premier Jacinta Allan has thanked Victoria Police for its response.

“Police moved swiftly, dealt with this situation quickly,” she said.

“Melbourne’s CBD is safe and in large part that is because of the work of Victoria Police in being on the streets, responding quickly to incidents like this.”

Anyone with more information or dascham footage has been urged to contact police.