A police officer has told how he thought he was going to be shot in the head as he faced off with a gunman in a Melbourne car park.
Joseph George Christiansz, 37, allegedly pointed a revolver at Sergeant Sean Raab's face and pulled the trigger in the car park of a Melbourne high-rise two years ago.
The revolver didn't fire but the confrontation sparked a shoot-out that left the gunman injured.
Christiansz, who is on trial in the Victorian Supreme Court, has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, using a firearm to prevent arrest and assault.
Sgt Raab was surveying stolen cars in the building with three other police officers when he "stopped dead in his tracks" because he realised a gun was pointed at his face, he told the court on Thursday.
"I remember thinking I was going to be shot," he said.
Sgt Raab turned and ran in a zig-zag pattern so the gunman wouldn't be able to get a clear shot of the back of his head.
"I saw Christiansz following me with the firearm," Sgt Raab said.
Sgt Raab initially couldn't get his gun out because of the position he was in, but by the time he took cover by a vehicle, his gun was in his hand.
"I was concentrating on nothing else other than waiting to get a bullet," he said.
"I looked back at the accused and he still had his firearm pointed at me.
"I obviously thought if I was shot I'd be killed," he said.
Sgt Raab told the court he heard another officer shout: "Police. Don't move."
This was followed by a series of four shots being fired, three of which struck Christiansz, hitting his backside and arm.
Christiansz's defence barrister Carmen Randazzo told the jury she will dispute the allegations Christiansz pointed the gun at Sgt Raab and that he pulled the trigger.
The trial continues.
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