A MAN in a suspected stolen truck was shot by police in Redfern today and two passers-bys were injured.

The man was shot on Regent Street, Redfern about 11:40am.

Officers and paramedics fought to revive the man but he was later pronounced dead.

Prior to the shooting, the table-top truck he was driving smashed into the Railz on Regent hotel leaving a bottleshop sign dangling from its roof.



Two people - believed to be pedestrians - are suffering minor injuries from the incident.

No police officers were injured as a result of the incident.



A crime scene has been established and surrounding streets have been closed.



Police said that a critical incident investigation team of officers from the Homicide Squad will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, overseen by the Professional Standards Command.

The officer who shot the driver has been described by police as a “very experienced general duties police officer”.

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An electrician who witnessed the incident said: “A guy was driving up a pedestrian mall when the shooting happened.”

“The driver raced into the police station and told them his vehicle had been stolen.

“They ran to the mall, the truck was driving up the mall at police when I heard the shots."

The truck, which had concrete and building materials, crashed into the side of the hotel in the pedestrian mall.

“You could see people jumping - there were people in the mall at the time," the witness said.

A shopkeeper said they heard three or four shots fired around 11:30am.



"I ran outside and there were police with their guns drawn pointing at a truck," said Thai Le, a tobacconist worker.



"There were people everywhere and then the place was filled with police."

Club Redfern manager Anthony MacAlpine told AAP he heard the gunshots.



"I heard glass breaking and then heard loud bangs," he said.



"I think it was three or four (bangs)."



Police have blocked the street behind the station, where debris from the incident can still be seen.



Shattered glass from a downed street light is strewn across the ten-metre-wide road.



At least six police officers are guarding the site, and Fire and Rescue NSW are at the scene.



Tarpaulins were put up to shield part of the crime scene from the public which descended on the area.

Originally published as Police shoot man dead in Redfern