A man has been shot dead outside a western Sydney police station after he opened fire on officers with a shotgun, injuring one.
Police say a vehicle stopped outside Penrith Police Station just after 9.30pm on Wednesday and the man approached a police vehicle with a pump-action 12-gauge shotgun and opened fire.
"Police returned fire and the man suffered a fatal injury. He died at the scene," police said in a statement early on Thursday.
Witness footage posted online showed the man falling to the ground after being shot multiple times.
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.
Several other officers suffered minor injuries that were not gunshot-related.
Earlier, at 9.15pm, someone had fired shots into the front of St Marys Police Station, about 7km away.
