A woman armed with a knife has been shot dead by police officers outside a fast food outlet in West Hoxton in Sydney's south-west.
Police declared a critical incident after the shooting at the Hungry Jack's outlet on the corner of Hoxton Park Road just before midday.Witnesses have told the ABC they saw emergency services performing CPR on the woman.
Police said the woman was assessed by ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.
A critical incident team from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad and investigators from South West Metropolitan Region will now investigate all circumstances surrounding the incident, including the woman's actions prior to police intervention and the discharge of a firearm.
That investigation will be overseen by the Professional Standards Command.
Local resident Alan Sobbi said he saw the incident from the balcony of his home.
"We saw two police officers talking to a woman, yelling and then she approached them with something and we heard bang bang," Mr Sobbi said.
"After that police came from all over the place and we didn't know the woman was shot dead until later.
"So we heard the shots and saw her attacking the police.
"She moved forward to the police. I couldn't see if she had anything in her hand or not, but she was moving towards the police.
"When we heard the gunshots we thought 'is this a movie?'
"We never thought someone was going to get shot."
Road closures and traffic diversions remain in place.
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No mention of tazers, cap spray again they just kill her