A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was shot in an altercation in Brisbane earlier this month.
Police were called to a home on Tamar Street in Annerley on January 10 after reports of a disturbance at about 9am.
Police allege Acting Sergeant Liam Bailey and Constable Boyd Harrington-Karaitiana found a 26-year-old man, with no connection to the address, agitated and armed with a piece of wood.It's alleged the Acacia Ridge man lunged for Acting Sergeant Bailey's service firearm, which resulted in the officer being shot in the left thigh.Police say the man was still being combative when more officers arrived, and a taser was used to subdue him while others worked to restrain him.
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