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A 12-year-old boy is dead and his father has been shot by police at a cricket ground south-east of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula.
The shooting happened at Frankston-Flinders Road at Tyabb around 6:30pm (AEDT) tonight.
Witnesses say there was chaos at the scene as children were attending cricket and football practice.
Police say paramedics were called to the cricket ground to treat a boy with head injuries but he died at the scene.
When police officers arrived they were involved in a confrontation with the boy's father, who rushed at them with a knife.
Capsicum spray was first used to try and subdue him, but police say they then had to shoot the man in the chest.
He has been flown to Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Local man Wayne Murray says he heard two gunshots from the oval.
Officers investigating the incident are examining an area at the back of the nearby Tyabb pre-school.
The road to the scene has been closed.
"The exact circumstances surrounding the incidents are yet to be established," police said in a statement.
Local police, detectives and the homicide squad are at the scene.
Police say the Professional Standards Command will look over the investigation.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, tyabb-3913, vic
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