Sydney police fatally shot machete-wielding man during wife’s alleged brawl in Westfield car park

<p>Women in ‘melee’ in Mount Druitt were not known to each other and it was ‘sheer fluke’ they met, police say</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/13/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-china-trip-tourism-defence-aukus-sydney-westfield-police-shooting-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A man shot dead by police while wielding a large machete was approaching a group of women involved in a shopping centre car park brawl that included his wife, police have alleged.</p><p>The 29-year-old died at the Mount Druitt Westfield in Sydney’s west on Saturday afternoon with the officers involved in the incident hailed for their actions.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/13/sydney-police-fatally-shot-man-wielding-50cm-machete-during-wifes-alleged-brawl-in-westfield-car-park-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>