Overview

• Officers responded around 12:15 pm to Poplar Tourist Park in Elderslie for a welfare check on a 52-year-old man.
• Police negotiators spent three hours trying to de-escalate after the man armed himself with a knife and threatened self-harm.
• Just before 3:30 pm, officers entered the cabin after he allegedly rushed at them, deploying a Taser and less-lethal rounds before firing live ammunition.
• Paramedics treated the man on site and transported him to Liverpool Hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
• The NSW Crime Command’s Homicide squad is leading the investigation, which is under review by the Professional Standards Command and overseen by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.