Critical incident declared after man dies - Rooty Hill
Where: Perkins Street, Rooty Hill, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A critical incident investigation is underway after a man died in Sydney’s west today.
About 3.30pm yesterday (Saturday 17 October 2026), police were called to Perkins Street, Rooty Hill, following a concern for welfare.
Officers attached to Mt Druitt Police Area Command attended about 11.30pm; however, were unable to raise anyone inside.
About 9.30am today (Sunday 18 October 2026), police reattended the location and found a man – aged in his 70s – with serious injuries. Police rendered aid to the man before he was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
About 6pm this evening, police were advised the man had died in hospital.
A crime scene has been established and a critical incident team from Hawkesbury Police Area Command will investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident.
The investigation will be the subject of an independent review by the Professional Standards Command and oversighted by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Blacktown council area
Blacktown is a council area in New South Wales with about 449,385 residents. It has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (54th percentile), robbery (86th percentile), homicide (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
- Violent
- 1,322 per 100k
- Property
- 2,500 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 220 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,124 per 100k
See the full Blacktown crime profile
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