Home Invader Shot Dead by Cops after Stabbing Woman

The NSW man, believed to have stabbed a 28-year-old woman, fled the house in a ute and then carjacked a four-wheel drive before police began their pursuit.

Police tape near the site of a stabbing incident in the west of Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 2, 2017. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

A man who stabbed a woman and carjacked two vehicles after a reported home invasion has been fatally shot by police.

Officers were called to a property in Tuncurry on the New South Wales (NSW) mid north coast on Feb. 6 morning following reports of a home invasion by a man armed with a chainsaw and knife.