The Entrance shooting: Gunman Daniel Bolton dies in hospital
The man shot in the neck during a violent stand-off with police has died in hospital. It comes as footage has emerged of the bare chested, tattooed man running from police down a Central Coast street clutching a rifle just moments before he was shot.
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The man shot in the neck during a violent confrontation with police on the Central Coast has died in hospital.
The homicide squad have taken over the critical incident into the death of Daniel Bolton, 30, as investigations continue into whether the gunman or an officer fired the fatal shot.
Bolton and a police officer fired shots almost simultaneously during the confrontation at The Entrance on Wednesday after Bolton had rammed a police car and took officers on a foot chase armed with a rifle and a handgun.
It has also emerged that Bolton may have attempted to shoot himself with the handgun as he ran along suburban streets before turning and pointing the rifle towards his head and the handgun at officers.
It comes as footage has emerged of a Bolton running down a main road of The Entrance carrying a rifle in both hands just moments before he was shot.
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Bolton was wanted for the revocation of his parole when Tuggerah Lakes police saw him in a Mitsubishi Lancer on Tuggerah Parade at 10.20am and began a pursuit before the Lancer allegedly rammed a police car.
Bolton ditched the vehicle a short time later, with footage shot from a passing car showing him sprinting from police down Campbell Ave, opposite The Entrance Public School.
Police can be heard shouting “put the gun down … everybody get back” through a megaphone.
One of the men in the vehicle is heard saying “He’s got a gun, we gotta f***n get out of here”.
Police said Bolton turned and allegedly pointed a .22 calibre rifle at himself and a hand gun towards police.
One of the officers is understood to have fired their own high-powered rifle about the same time as Bolton fired one of the guns he was holding.
He was struck in the neck and remains in a critical condition in John Hunter Hospital today.
A critical incident investigation involving Lake Macquarie and Homicide Squad detectives will examine the incident, including the conduct of police.
Bolton, who is well known to police on the Central Coast, had been released from jail in recent months on graffiti and weapons offences however The Daily Telegraph understands he was wanted for the revocation of his parole when officers spotted him yesterday.
Assistant Commissioner Max Mitchell said the investigation would examine who fired which bullet.
“Who fired what shot – that all needs to be determined and investigated thoroughly and from a forensics point of view that will be determined in due course,” Mr Mitchell said yesterday.
