Nepean Hospital is in lockdown after a patient has been shot this afternoon. Police have surrounded the hospital in Sydney’s west after reports that the patient was shot by police after brandishing a knife. The emergency call for help came at about 4pm. The man was shot in the abdomen after making threats. The hospital’s security measures came under review just two years ago when police dog squad officer Luke Warburton was shot in an emergency room incident at the same hospital. He was shot in the leg with his own weapon while trying to control a man who was armed with scissors and threatening staff. A hospital security guard was shot in the calf.
