Man shot dead by police in Middleton Grange, Sydney after alleged knife attack on officer

A 34-year-old man was shot dead by police in Sydney on Saturday night. Police allege the man attempted to strike an officer with a knife.

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00:00The man was seen, police say, walking with a knife through the streets of Middleton Grange

00:06and that he threw the knife at a car.

00:08Now it's believed the driver of that car is the person who contacted Triple Zero.

00:12Now police dispatched two cars to the scene with five officers.

00:16Now they say what happened next occurred in a matter of seconds.

00:19The man is alleged to have rushed at the driver of one of the police cars, cutting his operational

00:24vest twice but not injuring him.

00:26The driver of the car was able to move it and escape further harm.

00:30Now the officers are then said to have gotten out of the car and discharged a taser which

00:34had no effect on the man.

00:36That's when police say a senior constable fired two shots at the man and into his torso.

00:42That was the same person who was driving the police car and whose vest was cut.

00:46And Tony, will the police response be reviewed?

00:50Yeah, a critical incident investigation has been declared, Cayman.

00:55Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brett McFadden has reviewed the vision from the body-worn

00:58cameras and this is how he described the conduct of the senior constable who discharged his

01:04weapon.

01:05Let's take a listen.

01:06He's an experienced senior constable, he's a very capable frontline police officer.

01:10Again, just remembering that we were called to this area because the community identified

01:14a threat to the public safety and they responded on the information available to me this stage,

01:19they responded appropriately.

01:23Now the five officers haven't been interviewed yet, they'll be interviewed as part of the

01:27critical incident investigation.

01:29The findings of that investigation will be subject to an independent review.

01:32Cayman?