A 37-year-old is in a stable condition at Perth Royal Hospital after being shot by police in Yanchep.
Two officers were patrolling in Yanchep just after midnight when they saw a man acting strange.
When the officers approached the man he threatened them with a knife before running into nearby bushland.
The man reappeared from the bushes and confronted the two officers with and knife and a pole, at which point both officers discharged their firearms.
The man was given first aid by police until St John Ambulance paramedics arrived and was then taken to Royal Perth Hospital
The Major Crime Division and the Internal Affairs Unit are investigating the incident.
Scorching Christmas temperatures for Perth, Rockingham, Mandurah
Teen charged over Baldivis arson attack
Concerns for missing boy last seen in Warnbro
Baldivis Sports Complex officially complete with unveiling of final stage
Teen dies at Logue Brook Dam
Mandurah named WA’s Most Accessible Community
Police attend separate crashes in Lakelands and Port Kennedy
Fresh new look for Roger May Machinery Museum
Tragic end to search of missing FIFO worker