A man armed with a gun has been shot dead by police outside a NSW medical centre after holding doctors and medical staff hostage and seizing a police ballistic shield in a tense stand-off.
A man armed with a gun has been shot dead by police outside a NSW medical centre after holding doctors and medical staff hostage and seizing a police ballistic shield in a tense stand-off. Senior police have called it a tragic death both for the man and his loved ones, and the police who had rushed to the scene. Police were called to the medical clinic on Junction Street in Nowra after reports of a 34-year-old patient pulling a gun while speaking to his doctor just after 1pm on Wednesday.
The man had a very limited, non-violent criminal history but had interacted with police amid increasing concerns for his mental health, Assistant NSW Police Commissioner Peter Cotter told reporters on Wednesday. “During conversations with the doctor the man has become very agitated and spoken many alarming things,” the police commander said. “The conversation was agitated, the conversation was confrontational and thereafter the man produced a gu
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