A 26-year-old man has been charged after an incident on Bourke Street that sparked fears of a repeat of the tragedy at the same location early this year that claimed six lives.
The man appeared to be unconscious when he was spotted in a car with a smashed windscreen parked on the busy strip on Tuesday evening, police said.
The man is accused of driving toward police, and ramming a police car, when officers approached the vehicle just after 5pm, a police spokeswoman said.
A witness, who didn't want to be identified, said the car had mounted the footpath outside the McDonald's outlet on Bourke Street and looked "pretty smashed up".
Police pulled out a Taser and used it on the man, before arresting him.
Officers later found two guns inside the vehicle.
Half the road was blocked off and a large police presence attended the scene as paramedics took the man to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition.
The man, of no fixed address, has been charged with conduct endangering life.
He has been remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court later on Wednesday.
With Robyn Grace, Melissa Cunningham
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