1 dead in western Sydney shooting

　　SYDNEY, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A man has died after being shot multiple times on a street in western Sydney on Friday.

　　Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement that officers were deployed to reports of a public place shooting on a residential street in Blacktown, 30 kilometers west of central Sydney, around 11:50 a.m. on Friday.

　　Officers arrived and found a man with gunshot wounds to his neck, chest and leg.

　　He was treated by ambulance paramedics, but died at the scene.

　　NSW Police said that officers initiated a pursuit when a vehicle seen leaving the scene failed to stop.

　　The vehicle crashed a short time later and two occupants who ran from the scene were arrested and taken to a nearby police station.

　　A crime scene has been established and police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. ■