
– With AAP.
1. Man shot dead by police after opening fire at a Western Sydney police station identified.
A man shot dead outside a Western Sydney police station after he opened fire on officers with a shotgun, injuring one, has been identified as 32-year-old Daniel King.
Police confirmed that at 9.15pm, a number of shots were fired into the front of St Marys Police Station.
Then police say a vehicle stopped outside Penrith Police Station, about seven kilometres away, just after 9.30pm on Wednesday and King approached a police vehicle with a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun and opened fire.
A male constable suffered pellet wounds to the back of the head and was taken to Westmead Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
Western Sydney Shootings: A gunman is dead and two police officers injured after shots were fired at police stations in Penrith & St Marys. Earlier in the night shots were fired into a home on Quakers Road in Marayong. https://t.co/2WBpspZ1RR #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/jAcrjcBrp9
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) October 2, 2019
Police returned fire and King suffered a fatal injury. He died at the scene.
King was a regular gym-goer and owned clothing line NLT Apparel.
Several other officers suffered minor injuries that were not gunshot-related.
Witness footage posted online showed the man falling to the ground after being shot multiple times.
7NEWS has obtained vision of the confrontation with an armed man outside Penrith police station. There are reports the man has died and two police officers were injured during a shootout. A police operation is ongoing. https://t.co/TWh1KQgBAw #TheLatest #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/vUYKrJu8Ho
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) October 2, 2019