A 10-hour siege in Kinglake has ended.
A man barricaded himself inside a house on Mountain Home Road about 8pm on Tuesday after police arrived to speak to him about an investigation.
It was believed the man was brandishing a gun.
Officers from the critical incident response team spent the night negotiating with the man until he surrendered about 6am on Wednesday.
The man was taken to hospital with self-inflicted injuries. No police officers were injured.
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This story first appeared in The Age
