Gunman dead, officer wounded after shootings at two Sydney police stations

Officers have shot and killed a man outside Penrith Police Station in Sydney's west after he opened fire with a pump-action shotgun.

A man has been shot dead outside a western Sydney police station after he opened fire on officers with a shotgun, injuring one. Source: Nine

 

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.

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