SAPOL has launched two investigations following the death of a man, 44, after an incident at Mawson Lakes on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Major Crime Investigation Branch detectives are conducting a coronial investigation, and a Commissioner\u2019s inquiry is also under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to police:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAt 5.27am on Sunday 15 July 2024, police were called to a Lightsview address after receiving reports of a man in an agitated state. Police remained with the man until an ambulance arrived, and he was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 11.58pm that night, police responded to a Mawson Lakes address following several 000 calls, with reports of a woman being threatened at that location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police attempted to gain entry to the unit but were confronted by a man armed with a sword who had barricaded himself behind the front door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The responding officers were negotiating with the man to drop the sword and deployed a taser and OC spray unsuccessfully. A short time later a taser was successfully deployed through a small opening in the front door and police gained entry to the unit, restraining the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police saw the man had significant injuries to his limbs and there was a large amount of blood. Police believe these injuries are likely to have been self-inflicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police and ambulance officers attended to the man, and he was taken to the RAH where he later died. The man, a 44 year old from Globe Derby was the same man who police were involved with at Lightsview earlier that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A woman, 41, who had barricaded herself in a bedroom of the unit suffered a non-life-threatening injury to her arm and was treated in hospital. The woman is assisting police in the investigation of the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident was very confronting and police who attended are receiving appropriate support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police believe the man and woman are known to each other but don\u2019t believe they were in a current relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man\u2019s death is being investigated as a Coronial Investigation and a Commissioner\u2019s Inquiry is being undertaken.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n