Potts Point shooting: Man shot by police after they tasered him following rampage inside Sydney unit block
Police have shot an armed man after he allegedly bashed two women during a rampage inside a Sydney apartment block.
Police have shot an armed man after he allegedly bashed two women during a rampage inside a Sydney apartment block.
A critical incident scene has been declared after the man was shot in Potts Point on Tuesday morning.
Officers from the nearby Kings Cross station responded to calls that a man had entered the unit complex on Neot Avenue and allegedly assaulted the two women at around about 10.50am.
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Officers were then forced to shoot the man as he continued to threaten them with a weapon.
The condition of those injured is not known at this stage, according to a police statement.
More to come.
Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000.
