{"id":714304,"date":"2026-04-08T22:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/714304\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:19:17","slug":"homicide-squad-detectives-investigating-death-of-man-in-box-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/714304\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide squad detectives investigating death of man in Box Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Homicide squad detectives are investigating the death of a man in Melbourne&#8217;s east, which residents say was a shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police, ambulance and firefighters responded to reports of an altercation at apartment tower 3, 851 Whitehorse Road in Box Hill just before 2am today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The ABC has spoken to two residents who heard gunshots, which one believed was on the 11th floor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and residents outside a residential tower in Box Hill\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0ec03452be347caf7aa88c742f5072db.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police were called to a tower in Box Hill overnight where a man has died in an altercation. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Officers said a man, who was yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The ABC understands residents from the tower were initially evacuated but have since been allowed back inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Forensic services arriving at a Box Hill tower.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ba0f8f1dc38888fbe825633b8e6f3c8d.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Forensic services also attended the scene. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Footage taken outside the address shortly after the incident showed emergency services talking to people on the street and forensics arriving at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Fire Rescue Victoria said it responded to the incident about 1:30am when a fire alarm in the building was activated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Ambulance Victoria said it sent Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care paramedics to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police are asking for anyone with information about what happened to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Residents waiting outside a Box Hill tower during the night\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c018e872dc475553db6395970faa53b7.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Residents at the Trio tower on Whitehorse Road were initially evacuated because a smoke alarm went off. (ABC News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Homicide squad detectives are investigating the death of a man in Melbourne&#8217;s east, which residents say was a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":714305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[76635,4740,142525,50,7207,297016],"class_list":["post-714304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-ambulance-victoria","tag-australia","tag-box-hill","tag-news","tag-police","tag-trio-tower"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116371414708415084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}