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Manhunt continues for gunman
Victims under armed guard in hospital
City streets re-open after lockdown
Police have named the man they are hunting over the fatal shooting in central Melbourne today.
He is Christopher Wayne Hudson, 29, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said in a statement tonight.
"No further details or a photograph of the suspect are available at this stage," the spokeswoman said.
But the Nine Network tonight said Hudson was a member of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang.
The spokeswoman urged anyone who saw him to contact police or Crimestoppers.
"Under no circumstances should anyone approach Mr Hudson," she said.
A 43-year-old solicitor died during an act of "extreme bravery" after he was shot while trying to save a woman from Hudson in Melbourne's city centre today, police have said.
Police have yet to identify the man - who was one of three people shot near the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane about 8.20am - as his next of kin are still being contacted.
The solicitor was blasted in the chest at point blank range and died at the scene an hour later, despite the efforts of paramedics to revive him.
"It appears he has gone to the aid of the female ... and was shot," Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Stephen Clark said.
He said the man's attempts to protect the woman, who was also shot, was an act of "extreme bravery".
Detective Inspector Clark described the incident as "tragic".
"It really strikes at the heart of all investigators to see somebody who's going about their daily life to be killed in such a tragic way so our hearts and thoughts go out to the family of the man who died," he said.
"Its a tragic, tragic set of circumstances and it does appear as though he's been in the wrong place at the wrong time, he was trying to give assistance to the female,'' Detective Inspector Clark said.
Massive manhunt
All CBD streets have re-opened to traffic this afternoon as police continue a massive manhunt for Hudson.
After fleeing the scene, Hudson was last seen heading east.
Police in Melbourne, Australia are on the hunt for a gunman who killed a man and injured two others in the city's central business district this morning. 

Officials warned all office workers to remain indoors, and train services to Flinders Street Station were temporarily on hold, as investigations were carried out on the intersection of Flinders Lane and William Street.

Malcom Bates, who witnessed the shootings at around 8:15 a.m., said the gunman grabbed a woman from inside a taxi. "The lady got away and he turned and shot three people basically point blank," Mr Bates said. "I was right across the road". He said that the incident took no longer than the "wink of an eye".

Paramedics struggled to revive the one victim for almost an hour before declaring him dead at the scene. The two injured people have been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition.

Police believe the incident began at the Bar Code 24-hour bar in King Street, when a woman attempted to get into a taxi. She was apparently grabbed by the hair by the gunman who then shot her and two men who attempted to come to her aid.

Police have identified the gunman as Christopher Wayne Hudson, aged 29. They believe him to be a member of the Hells Angels bikie gang. Police have described Hudson as about 180 cm tall, with short brown hair and wearing a dark tracksuit top and dark denim jeans.

A building worker on a construction site on the corner of Queen and Flinders Streets has reportedly discovered a handgun. It is understood the gunman may have thrown the weapon into the site as he fled the scene.