The 49-year-old-man killed a woman through a window of her home and a man driving by in his car, as he roamed the streets of the northern suburb of Fawkner on Monday morning with two weapons, one a semi-automatic rifle.
Police confronted the gunman, after a car containing a woman and children unwittingly drove into the line of fire. He raised his rifle at police and shouted "Shoot me! Shoot me!" Police marksmen then shot him dead, ending the two-hour rampage at about 9:15 A.M.
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