A police operation has unfolded SydneyThe southwest with one man shot after the efforts of officers to stop the man with a taser and non-deadly rounds were not effective.
NSW The police were called to a caravan park on Macarthur Road in Elderslie to check the well -being of a resident just after 12.15 pm on Thursday.
Officers attended one of the huts and tried to talk to a 52-year-old man.
But the police said that a perimeter had to be established ‘after the man had armed himself with a knife and had made threats for self -harm’.
Officers were helped by specialized resources, in which negotiators tried to speak with the man who was not identified, but the police said he refused to cooperate.
Members of the Tactical Operations unit, with full riot equipment and then entered the cabin just before 3.30 pm.
The police claim that the armed man then hurried to the team with the knife.
Officers used a taser and less than deadly tactical rounds that were not effective before the man was shot.
The police of NSW tried on Thursday to talk to a man in a caravan park in Elderslie when he reportedly armed and threatened himself to harm himself to harm itself
Negotiators tried to talk to the 52-year-old, but officers were forced to storm his cabin
Police officers of NSW seemed to be in full rioting equipment during the incident
He was treated immediately by NSW ambulance paramedics on the spot and brought to the Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition.
A critical incident team leads the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident, said the NSW police.
It will then be assessed by the Professional Standards Command and the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission is assigned.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 1800 333000.
More to follow.
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