Man is shot in the stomach by police after lunging at officers with a knife at a train station in Sydney’s west
- A man has been taken to hospital after he was shot, reportedly by police
- Paramedics were called to Campbelltown train station at 2.45pm on Wednesday
- The man was believed to be armed, but police have secured the weapon
A man has been taken to hospital after he was shot by police at a Sydney train station.
Paramedics were called to Campbelltown train station, in Sydney’s west, at 2.45pm on Wednesday.
The man, believed to be in his 30s, was speaking with officers when he drew a knife and allegedly lunged at them.
He was tasered but continued trying to threaten police, and was eventually shot.
Three ambulance crews and one medical team attended the scene, where they treated a man for a gunshot wound to the stomach area.
Witnesses at the scene claimed they saw a police officer holding a gun shortly before the man was shot.
A man has been taken to hospital after he was shot, reportedly by police, at a Sydney train station
He is currently on the way to Liverpool Hospital, a NSW Ambulance spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
Officers have cordoned off the area and remain on the scene.
The incident occurred just outside the train station in the bus interchange.
Buses in and out of the area have been diverted to avoid the scene, Transport NSW confirmed.
People travelling via bus in the region are being advised that buses will not be stopping or picking people up from the Campbelltown station bus interchange, and will now be stopping on the other side of the road.
Trains have not yet been affected by the shooting.
A man was arrested at Campbelltown train station near the bus interchange
Three ambulance crews and one medical team attended the scene, where they treated a man for a gunshot wound
A school student named Emma called in to 2GB radio station after witnessing the incident.
She said some of her schoolmates ‘were crying because they saw it’.
‘There’s people everywhere. Schoolkids are stranded,’ she said.
She said she was told to get off the bus in the middle of another street and was unsure how she was going to get home.
Police are not searching for anyone else in relation to the incident, and no police or other members of the public were injured.
A Critical Incident Investigation Team has been established to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Witnesses at the scene claimed they saw a police officer holding a gun shortly before the man was shot
The man was believed to be armed, but police have reportedly secured the weapon
Paramedics were called to Campbelltown train station, in Sydney’s west, at 2.45pm on Wednesday