Police defend fatal shooting at Sydney shopping centre

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NSW Police have defended the actions of the officer who shot and killed a machete-wielding man at a western Sydney shopping centre yesterday.
Police were called to Westfield in Mount Druitt, to respond to reports of a brawl between two groups when the shooting occurred.

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