1 dead in western Sydney shooting-Xinhua

1 dead in western Sydney shooting

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-11-28 13:14:45

SYDNEY, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A man has died after being shot multiple times on a street in western Sydney on Friday.

Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement that officers were deployed to reports of a public place shooting on a residential street in Blacktown, 30 kilometers west of central Sydney, around 11:50 a.m. on Friday.

Officers arrived and found a man with gunshot wounds to his neck, chest and leg.

He was treated by ambulance paramedics, but died at the scene.

NSW Police said that officers initiated a pursuit when a vehicle seen leaving the scene failed to stop.

The vehicle crashed a short time later and two occupants who ran from the scene were arrested and taken to a nearby police station.

A crime scene has been established and police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.