Gunman shuts down Brisbane's Queen St Mall A GUNMAN at the centre of a siege which brought the centre of Brisbane to a halt on Friday told police all he wanted was to see his kids. The 34-year-old is being treated in Royal Brisbane Hospital for minor injuries he suffered when police opened fire on him with "bean bag" bullets, which they would only describe as "less than lethal rounds." The siege started just before 11.30am (AEST) when three plainclothes officers approached the man in the Myer centre. A witness, Olivia, told AAP she was having a meal in the centre when the confrontation began. They kept screaming 'Get on the ground, get on the ground' but he ignored them and kept walking around. Olivia said shoppers started running away, and the three plainclothes officers told people to hide in nearby shops. A short time later they began ushering everyone out of the Myer Centre as reinforcements began flooding into the mall. Christie Dykes and Liam Smith were getting piercings when police told them a man with a gun was on the loose. "People who saw him said he looked like he was on some sort of drugs," Ms Dykes told AAP. A large, heavily armoured police vehicle drove through the crowd. "This is real-life Call Of Duty s**t," Ms Dykes said, referring to the military-style video game. The heavily tattooed man at one stage held the weapon to his throat to keep police at bay. Around 90 minutes after the drama began, two shots rang out through the mall and moments later an ambulance was driven into the scene. Taxi driver Tariq Khan, who said he witnessed the final moments of the siege, told reporters the gunman was screaming "Shoot me, shoot me!" at police. Tara Barraza said he kept telling police all he wanted was his children. " (The police were saying) get on the ground (and) talking a lot about his kids," she said. He was saying he just wanted to see his kids, that's all he wanted to do and they were saying, 'We'll get your kids for you, just put the gun down, please can you put the gun down.' Retiree Michael Millier watched the gunman run from a restaurant holding a pistol in outstretched arms and pointing it at the ground. The Ethical Standards Command is investigating how police handled the incident.