{"id":624488,"date":"2026-04-22T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624488\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:01:12","slug":"man-shot-by-police-after-allegedly-ramming-car-at-officer-in-sydneys-south-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624488\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot by police after allegedly ramming car at officer in Sydney&#8217;s south-west"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A man has been shot by police after allegedly ramming an officer between two vehicles with a reportedly stolen car in Sydney&#8217;s south-west.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Public order and riot squad officers came across a Toyota C-HR \u2014 reportedly stolen from Riverwood \u2014 on Juno Parade in Punchbowl about 8:40pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">When an officer attempted to arrest the driver at the intersection of Punchbowl Road, the vehicle accelerated, pinning him between two cars.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An up close of a car windshield with three bullet holes.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ed309d5cdf6f5e7f523b47b0a7055d7a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The vehicle had multiple bullet holes in its windshield. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The officer fired his gun at the Toyota before it drove off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Paramedics treated the 39-year-old officer for injuries to his lower leg and he was taken to hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Just after 9:15pm police were called to Thorn Street at Ryde following reports an injured man had been seen walking along the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said a stolen Toyota was located on Richard Johnson Crescent shortly before a man suffering a gunshot wound was found in the yard of a nearby home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 32-year-old man was taken to hospital in a stable condition where he remains under police guard.<\/p>\n<p>Separate officer assaulted at emergency department<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Meanwhile, emergency services were called to Campbell Hill Road at Chester Hill about 11:30pm following reports shots were fired from one car into another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Both vehicles left the scene before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">At about 11:35pm, a 26-year-old man presented at Auburn Hospital with gunshot wounds to his leg.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Forensic officers scour for evidence at the scene of a shooting.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/275839f697a445d19057c697e242b738.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A 26-year-old man is in critical condition after presenting to hospital with a gunshot wound. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Officers attended the hospital and located a Mercedes in the car park with a number of bullet holes and a crime scene was established.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said officers attempted to speak with a 30-year-old man in the emergency department when he allegedly repeatedly punched a 58-year-old chief inspector, causing lacerations to his head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The man was arrested and taken to Auburn Police Station where he was charged with assaulting a police officer in the execution of duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 26-year-old injured man has since been transferred and remains in a critical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been shot by police after allegedly ramming an officer between two vehicles with a reportedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,48,27609,245398,44,57808,4277,6646,4905,199043],"class_list":{"0":"post-624488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-crime-scene","12":"tag-greenacre","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nsw-ambulance","15":"tag-nsw-police","16":"tag-police-shooting","17":"tag-shooting","18":"tag-south-west-sydney"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}