SYDNEY: A major police operation has been launched after multiple gunshots were fired outside a shopping center in southwest Sydney on Friday morning.
A statement from the police force in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said that emergency services were called to reports of shots fired outside a gym at a shopping center in Gregory Hills, 45 km southwest of central Sydney, at around 8:35 am local time on Friday.
Police officers arrived and found that a number of shots had been fired at a man who subsequently left the scene, Xinhua News Agency reported.
NSW Police said that two males armed with firearms were seen at the scene and dressed in black clothing with face coverings.