Man shot dead outside Penrith police station in western Sydney revealed as bodybuilder Daniel King

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A gunman shot dead by police in western Sydney last night opened fire on a family home shortly before he shot at two police stations.

Key points: Daniel King's shooting rampage took in several suburbs and lasted for almost an hour

Police have described the incident as "really extreme"

St Marys Police Station and Penrith Police Station remain crime scenes

The chaos began when Daniel King, 32, arrived at a house in Marayong about 8.45pm and ended less than an hour later in Penrith — about 22 kilometres west — when police shot at him repeatedly.

King, armed with a 12-guage, pump-action shotgun, began firing at the home of a woman named Stacey Taylor, who is pregnant with his child.

He then drove to St Marys Police Station where he continued his shooting rampage, before continuing on to Penrith Police Station, where the moment he was killed was filmed by terrified onlookers.

"I'm not joking, look I'm telling you this is happening, in front of my own eyes," a woman can be heard screaming in the clip.

The man is seen aiming a shotgun at officers, before they fire at him more than 20 times on High Street about 9.35pm.

"Oh my god! Oh my god!" the distressed woman screams before the video ends.

A male constable was taken to Westmead Hospital after he received "pellet wounds to his head" in the incident.

His injuries are not life-threatening.

NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Jeff Loy said: "The criminality here is extreme."

"It's a very unusual event, it's something that does really concern us.

"The police are trained every day and they know they're in a dangerous and challenging role, but this is really extreme."

Family hid in bedroom

Ms Taylor told the ABC King had been pressuring her to have an abortion in the weeks before the shooting.

After arriving at her home, he fired shots towards the front door.

The mother-of-three said she had been watching a movie downstairs with her children before they went upstairs to bed.

Shortly after that, the front window of her house was shattered by bullets and she called the police while hiding in a bedroom.

Ms Taylor, who is 27 weeks pregnant, said she had not heard from King for more than six months before he arrived at the house.

"I think it's disgusting," she said.

"I just don't know why someone goes to those actions just because they don't want a baby I just don't I can't fathom it."

Ownership of the type of shotgun King used last night is highly restricted in NSW.

Police said they initially believed there was a second offender but later realised it was a witness running away from the scene.

Deputy Commissioner Loy said his officers were "outstanding" and showed "empathy" towards King.

"They took him inside the police station to render aid and that was for his protection and for their protection … they did at the time think there was a second offender," he said.

"They showed, in my opinion, empathy to that person."

Homicide detectives are gathering CCTV vision, door-knocking residents and businesses in the area in an effort to piece together the gunman's motivations.

St Marys Police Station and Penrith Police Station remain crime scenes and will be closed until further notice.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was concerned for the police who had to respond to the incident.

"Our hearts and minds go out to the police officers who are on the front line and this reminds us what job they have to do day in and day out to protect the community to ensure we're all safe," she said.

Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, death, domestic-violence, nsw, sydney-2000, st-marys-2760, penrith-2750, marayong-2148

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