Frankston, VIC: Occupant arrested after three allegedly attack home, one fatally stabbed

A man targeted by an alleged home invasion has been arrested after one of the alleged attackers was found dead.

Nathan Schmidt
NewsWire
A home invasion victim has been arrested and is being interviewed tonight over the death of a man who broke into his Frankston property.

A man targeted by an alleged home invasion has been arrested after one of the alleged attackers was found dead in Melbourne’s outer suburbs.

Police allege three people forced their way into a home on Lucerne Crescent in Frankston shortly before 1am on Sunday, before an altercation with a male occupant.

The offenders allegedly fled in a silver-coloured vehicle.

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However, a short time later emergency services were called to the corner of Leonard and Beach streets following reports a man had been found with stab wounds.

Police allege three people forced their way into a home on Lucerne Crescent in Frankston. Picture: Andrew Henshaw
Police allege three people forced their way into a home on Lucerne Crescent in Frankston. Andrew Henshaw Credit: News Corp Australia

The 31-year-old, who police believe was in the silver-coloured vehicle, died at the scene.

A 33-year-old woman police also allege was in the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries and was arrested at the scene before being taken to hospital where she remains under police guard.

A 45-year-old man who was at the Lucerne Crescent home at the time of the alleged attack was arrested.

A 45-year-old man who was at the Lucerne Crescent home at the time of the alleged attack was arrested. Picture: Andrew Henshaw
A 45-year-old man who was at the Lucerne Crescent home at the time of the alleged attack was arrested. Andrew Henshaw Credit: News Corp Australia

He is currently being interviewed by police in relation to the death.

No charges have been laid.

A third person involved in the alleged home invasion is yet to be located, with police still probing the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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