A manhunt is underway after a police vehicle was rammed and shots were fired following the pursuit of a stolen car through Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs early on Saturday morning.
Police began following the dark-coloured Audi A1 along Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, about 4am, when a pursuit was initiated but terminated due to speed.
The vehicle was spotted shortly after parked in a dead-end lane at Sir Thomas Mitchell Road in Bondi.
When an officer walked up to the hatchback on foot, the vehicle moved toward the officer, prompting police to fire six shots at the vehicle.
The police vehicle was rammed and the hatchback then drove away and was later discovered by police at Murriverie Road in North Bondi.
The vehicle has been preserved for forensic examination.
No police were injured in either incident.
Checks have revealed the vehicle was stolen from Double Bay last night.
A manhunt is underway after a police vehicle was rammed and shots were fired following the pursuit of a stolen car through Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
Police confirmed the vehicle, which has been preserved for forensic investigaton, was stolen from Double Bay on Friday night
Inquiries are continuing into the identity of the driver, who is understood to be ion the run.
Locals were left stunned by the incident.
Residents of the beachside suburb took to social media confirming they heard gunshots in the early hours of Saturday morning.
One resident, Etienne, described the scene to The Saturday Telegraph as unfolding ‘really like a movie’.
‘I heard something like a bang at the end of the street or something, and I heard a police officer screaming, “get on the ground, get on the ground” and then there were five, six pops, which I recognised as being gunshots,’ he said.
‘I believe that I heard the car just rushing through, like, back to the other side of the street, and I looked at the window and there were, five or six car police arriving within the next 15 minutes.’
Anyone who may have been in the vicinity of Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, Sir Thomas Mitchell Road, and Murriverie Road, North Bondi, between 4am and 6.30am and has relevant information, CCTV or dashcam vision which may assist investigators, is urged to call Eastern Suburbs Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
