Sydney - A gunman has been shot dead after an hour-long
shooting spree in western Sydney on Wednesday night, in which he
opened fire on a residential home and two police stations.
New South Wales (NSW) Police declared the shooting at a police
station "a critical incident," which left multiple officers with
injuries, including one who is being treated in hospital for a pellet
wound to his head.
Police said a number of shots were fired into the front of St Marys
Police Station on Wednesday night.
Shortly after, the same gunman,
armed with a pump-action 12 gauge shotgun, fired a number of shots at
police officers at Penrith Police Station.
Police returned fire, fatally injuring the man who died at the scene,
NSW Police said in a statement overnight.
The two shootings are linked to an earlier incident where shots were
fired into a suburban home in the western Sydney suburb of Marayong,
police said.
Local media identified the gunman as 32-year-old bodybuilder Daniel
King. Reports said the suburban home belonged to his estranged
girlfriend, who is seven months pregnant with King's child.
NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Jeff Loy said officers had "no choice"
but to return fire.
"This is a very unusual event and his criminality was extreme," Loy
told Sydney's 2GB radio on Thursday.