By Robyn Grace & Nino Bucci
Two men have been charged following an attempted robbery which resulted in police fatally shooting an armed robber.
The men - a 50-year-old from Ringwood East and a 42-year-old from Mont Albert - faced court on Monday, charged with attempted armed robbery.
The bottle shop in Park Orchards where a man with a sawn-off shotgun was shot dead by police.Credit: Simon Schluter
Homicide squad detectives are still investigating the shooting, which occurred at a liquor store in Park Orchards on Sunday night.
Police said they saw the 48-year-old man pointing a sawn-off shotgun at the bottle shop owner before he was shot.
The senior constable involved is understood to have been a member of the armed crime squad. He is believed to have fired at least four times.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said on Tuesday the officer was not injured and was receiving departmental support after the shooting.
The owner of the Park Orchards store, Xueqiang "Sean" Wang, said after the incident he was "a lucky man".
"I thank Victoria Police," he said. "I so thank them."
The two men were remanded at Melbourne Magistrate's Court on April 23.