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Melissa Meehan

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Probe into police shooting as bystander hit with bullet - What They Never Told You

Police Dan Purdie Darren England Queensland Cairns
An investigation has been launched after police shot an innocent bystander in Cairns, Queensland. (AAP PHOTOS)

A man has been charged and an internal police investigation is under way after a bystander was shot during a stand-off between officers and an allegedly armed offender.

The incident unfolded on Saturday night when a 28-year-old man was allegedly involved in an armed robbery and another attempted robbery at Mount Sheridan, a southern Cairns suburb.

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