Sydney shooting: Two people killed near police headquarters

Video shows police on the scene outside their NSW headquarters after two people were shot in Sydney

11:47AM BST 02 Oct 2015

Australian police sealed off streets and warned the public to keep away from New South Wales state police headquarters in Sydney on Friday after two people were shot dead, police and media said.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper said a man had fired on the building, hitting a police employee before being shot dead by police.

^{Aerial view of the crime scene (APTN)}

A number of shots were fired" on Charles Street, Parramatta in western Sydney outside the New South Wales police headquarters about 4.30 pm (0630 GMT), police said in a statement.

^{Police cordon off the area (APTN)}

"It appears an officer has discharged his weapon, responding to a report that a person had been shot," the statement said.
"Two people have died at the scene. A crime scene has been established.
^{Police bikes outside the NSW headquarters (APTN)}
"A critical incident team will now investigate all circumstances surrounding the incident."
Australia has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown Islamist radicals since last year.
In December, two hostages were killed when policed stormed a central Sydney cafe to end a 17-hour siege.