A man has died after being shot by police outside a hospital on the New South Wales mid-north coast. It's alleged the man pointed a gun at officers before he was shot.
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00:00The critical incident occurred here, at the Manning Base Hospital car park, just behind
00:07me, near the centre of Taree.
00:09Police were initially called to a house at the nearby township of Wingham, just west
00:13of Taree, after reports a man had fired shots into the air.
00:18Around half an hour later, they engaged with a man here at the hospital car park.
00:24Police allege the man pointed a firearm at officers before he was shot.
00:28He was treated with first aid at the site before ambulance paramedics arrived, and was
00:33later taken inside the hospital, where he died a short time later.
00:38The State Crime Command's Homicide Squad will investigate, and there will also be an independent
00:43review.