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The independent police watchdog will oversee an investigation after police shot a man dead when he pointed a gun at officers at a northern NSW police station.
The independent police watchdog will oversee an investigation into the fatal shooting of a man who pointed a gun at officers at a northern NSW police station.
The 48-year-old had attended Tenterfield Police Station when the confrontation happened on Thursday afternoon, police said.
"The police sadly had no other option but to shoot and the man was fatally injured as a result," Superintendent Steve Egginton told reporters...