Overview

• Police responded at 3:15 pm after reports of a brawl in the Westfield Mount Druitt car park.
• Officers confronted a man in his 20s allegedly wielding a machete and fired multiple shots when he threatened them.
• Despite immediate first aid by officers and treatment by NSW Ambulance paramedics, the suspect died at the scene and the incident was declared critical shortly after 4 pm.
• NSW Police have established a crime scene and launched a probe into the officer-involved shooting.
• The shooting is the latest in a wave of shopping-centre stabbings and shootings since 2024 that have strained police resources and spurred legislative action on weapons bans.