A police officer has been injured and two others are missing after a shooting at a rural property in Porepunkah in north-east Victoria.
Victoria Police are at a property in the regional Victorian town, 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.
People are being asked to avoid the scene, which has been described as an “active and ongoing incident which may present a significant risk to members of the public”.
Dozens of police officers and several ambulances were at the scene at about 1pm.
Porepunkah Primary School principal Jill Gillies told the ABC the school was in lockdown.
The ABC has seen a heavy police presence at the scene in Porepunkah. (ABC News: Ashlee Aldridge)
She said they were advised to not let the students out at 11.30am.
“We were told there was an incident near the school,” she said.
“We have plenty of movies and distractions for the children and will continue to follow police orders.”
A local business owner told the ABC he heard at least fifteen police cars driving through the area.
Emily from the Mount Buffalo Caravan Park, on the outskirts of Porepunkah, said residents had been told to lock their cars, stay indoors and “bunker down”.
“No-one’s allowed to leave,” she said.
“There are helicopters. It’s pretty intense.”
Porepunkah has a population of 1,024 according to the latest census.
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