Incident, Hamilton

A 36-year-old man is currently assisting police with enquiries following an incident at Hamilton this morning.

Around 3.25am, police were conducting routine enquiries when they approached a man and woman walking on Rossiter Street, where the man fled from police on-foot.

A short while late he was located at an address on Nudgee Road, where he again ran from police towards Kingsford Smith Drive. At this stage, it was believed that the man was armed with a firearm.

Specialist police were deployed and he was located a short while later on Windsor Street by officers from the Dog Squad and subsequently received dog bite injuries.

Investigations are continuing.

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