A man has been shot dead in the carpark of a regional hospital.
Police said they ‘engaged’ with a man in the carpark of the Manning Base Hospital in Taree in the NSW mid-north coast at about 12.55pm on Thursday.
‘During the engagement, the man allegedly pointed a firearm at the attending officers, and he was shot by police,’ the police statement said.
‘Officers immediately rendered assistance to the man prior to the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics.
‘The man – believed to be aged in his 30s – was taken into the Manning Base Hospital where he died a short time later.’
No police officers or other people were physically injured in the incident.
Thirty minutes before the shooting, the police were called to Rouse St, at Wingham, following reports a man had fired shots into the air.
A man has been shot dead in the carpark of the Manning Base Hospital (pictured) in Taree
Wingham is located 8.5km west of Taree.
Officers from the Manning-Great Lakes police district attended the scene at Rouse St.
They searched for the man before the confrontation at Manning Base Hospital.
As will all incidents where someone is killed by a police officer, a critical incident investigation team from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad will now investigate what happened.
That investigation will also be subject to an independent review.
