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New vision shows the moment police fired at an allegedly stolen vehicle seconds after it reversed into a bus full of terrified students in Geelong.
An allegedly stolen Kia Optima reversed into the school bus on LaTrobe Terrace in Newtown about 3.45pm yesterday after police tried to intercept the car.
Terrified students could be heard screaming inside the bus as shots rang out right in front of them.
“This is my first time on a bus, my first day here,” a girl could be heard saying from behind the camera.
“That’s not the best experience for the first day of Year 7.”
Vision showed the bus driver asking the students to remain seated before using his radio to alert his colleagues to the unfolding incident.
“We’ve just had a shootout,” he said.
The terrifying incident unfolded in front of Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College.
“There were other parents running as well, there were people in suits and dads just trying to get down to their kids,” parent Mylea Adams said.
Police allege that after reversing into the bus, the stolen car drove at officers, triggering one to draw their gun and fire a shot.
The Kia then T-boned another car before the two occupants fled on foot, police allege.
Police gave chase and arrested them both near the scene.
The chase was sparked after the Police Airwing spotted the Kia, allegedly stolen from NSW, near the intersection of Princes Highway and Roebuck Street about 3.40pm.
A 43-year-old woman from NSW was taken to hospital under police guard with minor injuries.
She was interviewed by detectives and has been charged with handling stolen goods.
The woman was bailed to appear before Geelong Magistrates Court on March 31.
A 37-year-old man of no fixed address was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the arm.
He remains in hospital under police guard.
The occupants of the school bus were not injured, while the driver of car that was t-boned was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The investigation remains ongoing with Professional Standards Command oversight, as is standard practice when a police firearm is discharged.
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