Police actions under investigation after man fatally shot during six-hour siege on NSW Central Coast
A six-hour siege on the NSW Central Coast has ended with a man being shot dead by police
Police actions are now under investigation after officers attended a home on Wells Street in Springfield, near Gosford, for a welfare check just before 3.30pm yesterday.
When officers arrived, they found a 49-year-old man barricaded inside the property and armed with a screwdriver and glass shards, with a perimeter established around the property.
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A man has been shot dead by police after a siege in Springfield, on the NSW Central Coast. 9News
Officers continued to try to speak with the man, but police say he refused to cooperate.
At about 9.25pm, the man tried to burn an officer by lighting an aerosol can.
Tactical police pushed into the property before the man armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed an officer multiple times.
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The man allegedly lit an aerosol can and attacked police with a sharp object. 9News
A taser and pepper spray were deployed, and when they failed to stop the man, officers opened fire.
Police fatally shot the man. One officer received a minor injury during the incident.
"Certainly there were a number of shots fired by a number of officers as a result of that attack and the attempts to stab the officer," Assistant Commissioner David Waddell said.
The man was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
A critical incident team is now investigating the shooting.
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