{"id":587222,"date":"2026-04-05T14:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587222\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:40:09","slug":"officers-believed-man-had-a-gun-before-police-shot-him-the-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587222\/","title":{"rendered":"Officers believed man had a gun before police shot him &#8211; The Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgJBVV95cUxNbHJTbzNaenlLekJ0MF80RUZ2V0hIcTRKMERYcFR4MWdJOW02c01lOWRzbHFKYlp1MTNaNnVOSTRjSWU4SVBOdGtVZzhfdEplMXhFQ1RsLUVUcklqekNfQVdaSl9JXzZENDczbmJpUzR6c2JSTWN6VE1NbTRXakZRRHBzTlhBUFNSMVR4UUVNdWJBdXE2Y3lJSUNZeDVSWkFadTE5YUNqVU16WlBfYlQ2d3R6YzlwbnoxOEFJc1dmLUJ4ZVJ3UlVZNEVPR3pRUGdRaWthcnE3ZmN4OGFmOTFVX0NqRFpKR1RhenhBY1hKZ2JJN0pzSFV0Z3ltMm4xc0luVHF4MlZXZU1qMGN6dVo0UFJoVjBWZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Officers believed man had a gun before police shot him<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPUko3bVpiUjYxYU5jNG1BN3hiNHlkMTN0dW5JeFN3Q19FMDVuamlHT2R0S21GcXdHTUk0T2ZkdXNvY3p6TkNvT2k4NTlpNGZOWFIyNkFxQVduLUxmZGl4R0hqTXFKcjV6Z0JiTGVmVFJhOGtLWUJSUXI0Zmt3ZHJFcGtPTlJzT2NuUnRrMjJTVk0zUlliMUx5WXBzazFBTDFwTmhPV0djX29Cd2N1NEh1NUN3bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man in serious condition after being shot by Tasmania Police<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNNEV6bkdra0t2UUJDR3MtaTRTWl9TcmE3UWxzWFVzM2ZtaWxHRGJQamdyWlZTZERicUFKMF9iM1d1d3B1UWJnUzFHaml6dEktQzctcWxwSG5Zbi1LSTBFejZiaXc0QTRTTzZvMGVwdmJ2cy1iNWJzUTlFalB5amQ0MmxJTXVwVmxTVlRCVmdiNzQzTTRuWUE0Wnd3MDhHZTNsYWxJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police shoot man in chest after &#8216;dynamic&#8217; confrontation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNejgzck5nMnh4Qm1uU01PRGhpWXVsdUVaRnhZVXVUZXZGcmVKVnQzWGxZWHFVem1RTkVYNF9JUFdHLW1xQm5lVVdGUE1uX3p3STZJYXBZLXVoWllyS2Z1MmJzekxJZEQ5SGpwZGhGelFxbkhoNlhhb092NGtUWUhlT2lzQWlvMkw2aHBVVU1xdVFRRG5NMUppM0V2Wlpoak1Z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man shot by officers did not have a gun despite his threats, police say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQVmpkVmdCMGhVa0F3MmJOdmhZQm9ScFlxbXM5VFJTNDhpemNQQzhfa0MzeHhZYlJFY1hqbko3QU9RRk1INGswREc2TDhPZlBTZmdkUjQ0aHVUblA3dzEtSkx3Qk95eXY2dW1iM1c4NUc5UTgwVVcwRmx6eV9TZy1QS0ZFOHJwY1lLVWhFdGNBdzhmNlptMUdBc0s1NWVzRHdNb2lCUEM1aWgwNmhoLXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man shot in chest by police at Hobart home after claiming to have firearm<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pulse Tasmania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers believed man had a gun before police shot him&nbsp;&nbsp;The MercuryMan in serious condition after being shot by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-587222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587222","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=587222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}