<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has been shot dead by police after a siege on the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="New South Wales"><span>New South Wales</span></a><span> Central Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police attended a home on Wells Street in Springfield, near Gosford, in a welfare check just before 3.30pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 49-year-old man at the property armed himself with a screwdriver and other sharp objects, so police established a perimeter around the property.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-fires-heatwave-record-temperatures/81dd3eb3-d46b-488d-a875-9e9cd9674b7f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Emergency warnings in parts of Victoria as fires rage amid record heat</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers continued to try to speak with the man, but police say he refused to cooperate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At about 9.25pm, the man tried to burn an officer by lighting an aerosol can.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tactical police pushed into the property before the man armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed towards an officer multiple times.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/man-shot-by-police-siege-nsw-central-coast/cc44f80e-f044-480b-9d1d-c5104fe1a774" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-military-action-in-venezuela-is-seen-as-both-a-blessing-and-a-curse-for-russia-vladimir-putin/5b040f8b-138c-4a26-9ed2-d08cb8c7868f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>US military action in Venezuela is both a blessing and a curse for Putin</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police fatally shot the man. One officer received a minor injury during the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A critical incident team is now investigating the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>