{"id":430756,"date":"2026-01-22T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/430756\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:08:10","slug":"police-fire-at-4wd-vehicle-allegedly-driven-at-two-officers-in-dandenong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/430756\/","title":{"rendered":"Police fire at 4WD vehicle allegedly driven at two officers in Dandenong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police fired shots at a vehicle they said rammed a police car outside a motel in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Victoria Police said officers spotted a four-wheel drive with stolen plates travelling on the Princes Highway at Dandenong about 8.05pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Officers followed the vehicle before it came to a stop outside a motel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The vehicle allegedly rammed a police van as it pulled up next to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Two officers got out of the van, and the four-wheel-drive driver then allegedly drove the vehicle towards them at speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police fired two shots, striking the vehicle&#8217;s chassis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A smashed car window.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/668f58807f324ba92cc6275033752beb.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police arrested an 18-year-old man and a 38-year-old man. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The vehicle stopped in the motel&#8217;s driveway, and the two occupants were uninjured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">An 18-year-old man from Seaford and a 38-year-old man from South Melbourne were taken into custody and will be interviewed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">One officer was taken to hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A four wheel drive with police tape around it.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a22174852220d10707b5bfbb95b225b8.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The vehicle came to a stop in the driveway of a motel in Dandenong after police fired at it. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police established a crime scene at the motel and have asked anyone with footage or information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Professional Standards Command will oversee the investigation, which Victoria Police said is standard practice when a police firearm is discharged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police fired shots at a vehicle they said rammed a police car outside a motel in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[225528,43,44,225527,225526,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-430756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dandenong-police","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-police-car-rammed","tag-police-fire-shots","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}