Identified: Man shot by police in McDonald’s car park

The man whose death was caught on video after he was shot by police in a McDonald’s car park south of Brisbane has been identified as his ‘gutted’ partner revealed she’d only ‘got one night with him after being locked up for two years’.

The man shot by police at a McDonald’s south of Brisbane on Friday night has been identified as Ben Baker - a man only recently released from prison.

Baker, 33, was shot multiple times after he came towards police with a knife during an incident in the car park of McDonald’s in Marsden last week.

His shooting death was captured on confronting video filmed by witnesses.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said police received multiple calls about the man threatening staff at McDonald’s.

Ben Baker who was shot by police in the car park of McDonald's in Marsden.

She said a female employee was held hostage at knifepoint when police arrived.

In footage of the incident, police repeatedly tell him to put down the knife down however he keeps advancing.

“When he came at police, obviously police took action,” Ms Carroll said.
“Knives can be just as dangerous as guns.”

The tense stand-off in the McDonald’s car park at Marsden that resulted in police shooting Ben Baker after he earlier held a female worker hostage.

A number of Baker’s friends have paid tribute to him and at one point a funeral fund was set up for him however it appears to have since been removed. 
It’s understood he was recently released from prison.

His partner Rebecca Smith said she was gutted.

“I got one night, one day with him after being locked up for two years,” Ms Smith wrote online.