Woman is found dead and a man ‘acting erratically’ is rushed to hospital under police guard with serious injuries as detectives set up major crime scene
- Police were responding to reports of an ‘erratic’ man
- They found an unresponsive woman inside the home
- She died at the scene and the man had serious injuries
A major crime scene has been established after a woman was found unresponsive in a house where a man was ‘behaving erratically’.
Officers were called to respond to a disturbance on Grevillea Crescent on Hoppers Crossing in west Melbourne at around 1:15pm on Tuesday.
After arriving at the address, police apprehended a man with serious injuries and conducted a search of the property.
An unresponsive woman was found inside who later died at the scene.
A major crime scene has been established after a woman was found unresponsive in a house where a man was behaving erratically
Homicide Squad detectives are among those who have responded to the incident.
It is unknown exactly what resulted in the woman’s death, but police have confirmed that the two parties were known to each other.
‘Responding police located a man behaving erratically who was apprehended at the scene and taken to hospital with serious injuries,’ police said in a statement.
‘The exact circumstances surrounding the death are yet to be determined and the investigation is ongoing.
‘Police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident at this time and the parties involved are believed to be known to each other.’
The man who was apprehended at the scene is now under police guard at the hospital.
It is unknown how the woman, who has yet to be formally identified, died.
As the investigations continues, anyone with information on what might have happened has been urged to call Crime Stoppers.
Crime scene tape has been set up on opposite ends of the street and several emergency vehicles, including a police van, were seen on location as the incident took place.
Police officers apprehended the man and conducted a search of the property where they found the woman who later died at the scene
Crime scene tape has been set up on opposite ends of Grevillea Crescent on Hoppers Crossing and several emergency vehicles including a police van are already on the scene