Airlie Beach

Another witness could be heard saying: “Everyone's wildin' over this dude getting shot dead by a copper. Holy s***”. Queensland Police say officers were on ...

“It’s a tragic circumstance for the family of the young man and also for the officers involved,” he said. “The police have tried to further engage and they have retreated and moved from that location, and tried and continue to communicate with that male person,” Leavers said. They were investigating if the man had been involved in other incidents earlier in the night and why he was carrying a knife in such a busy public area. Queensland Police Union boss Ian Leavers said the man was talking with police “and all of a sudden produced a knife from his hoodie and started threatening police”. [shoot dead a man allegedly threatening them with a knife](https://7news.com.au/news/qld/man-shot-dead-by-police-in-queensland-after-allegedly-threatening-them-with-a-knife-c-8411940) on a [Queensland](https://7news.com.au/news/qld) party strip, the police union says. “Oi, they just f****** shot him,” a man is heard to say in the footage.