Gumleaf
January 31st, 2008, 07:01 PM
Friday Feb 1 10:00 AEDT
By ninemsn staff
An off-duty male police officer has been shot by a gunman near a toilet block in Sydney's Centennial Park.
Police officers were sent to the park at around 7.50am after reports a man had been shot near Dickens Ave.
The 48-year-old officer sustained injuries to his lower abdomen, the spokesperson said.
Macquarie Radio reports that two men have been arrested by police during the massive manhunt in Sydney's south-west.
Witness said police had surrounded a silver Commodore on North Bexley Road at Bexley.
The car was stopped after being spotted by a police helicopter.
Squads have sealed off the area and the man has been rushed to St Vincents Hospital.
Officials could not confirm reports the man had been shot with a rifle.
Police are hunting for a late model silver Commodore sedan with no back number plates which they believe may have been involved in the incident.
Dozens of police were at the scene and had erected tarpaulins over the crime scene.
The gunman was described in reports as being of Middle Eastern appearance with a rat-tail hairstyle.
By ninemsn staff
An off-duty male police officer has been shot by a gunman near a toilet block in Sydney's Centennial Park.
Police officers were sent to the park at around 7.50am after reports a man had been shot near Dickens Ave.
The 48-year-old officer sustained injuries to his lower abdomen, the spokesperson said.
Macquarie Radio reports that two men have been arrested by police during the massive manhunt in Sydney's south-west.
Witness said police had surrounded a silver Commodore on North Bexley Road at Bexley.
The car was stopped after being spotted by a police helicopter.
Squads have sealed off the area and the man has been rushed to St Vincents Hospital.
Officials could not confirm reports the man had been shot with a rifle.
Police are hunting for a late model silver Commodore sedan with no back number plates which they believe may have been involved in the incident.
Dozens of police were at the scene and had erected tarpaulins over the crime scene.
The gunman was described in reports as being of Middle Eastern appearance with a rat-tail hairstyle.