- NSW Police shot man after other efforts to stop him failed
- He is in critical condition in hospital
A police operation has unfolded in Sydney’s south west with one man shot after officers efforts to stop the man with a Taser and non-lethal rounds were ineffective.
NSW Police were called to a caravan park on Macarthur Road at Elderslie to check on the welfare of an occupant just after 12.15pm on Thursday.
Officers attended one of the cabins and tried to speak to a 52-year-old man.
But police said a perimeter had to be established ‘after the man armed himself with a knife and made threats to self-harm’.
Officers were helped by specialist resources, with negotiators attempting to speak to the man but police said he refused to co-operate.
Members of the tactical operations unit then entered the cabin roughly before 3.30pm at which point police allege the armed man rushed at officers with the knife.
More to follow.
