Two police officers have been injured in separate incidents in a night of chaos across Sydney's suburbs.
At about 8.40pm, riot police were patrolling on Juno Parade in Punchbowl when they spotted a Toyota CHR that had been allegedly stolen from Riverwood.
The Toyota stopped in traffic at the intersection with Punchbowl Road, and when a police sergeant approached the car to arrest the driver, the car allegedly accelerated, pinning the officer between two vehicles.
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The officer fired his gun and hit the Toyota before it drove off.
Paramedics treated the 39-year-old police officer for injuries to his lower leg and he was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
Just after 9.15pm, police were called to Thorn Street, Ryde, after reports of an injured man walking along the street.
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Officers found the Toyota CHR abandoned on Richard Johnson Crescent before locating a man with a gunshot wound in the yard of a home on Squires Street.
The 32-year-old man was taken to hospital in a stable condition, where he remains under police guard.
In a separate incident later that night, at about 11.30pm, gunfire rang out in a public place shooting on Campbell Road, Chester Hill.
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Police were told several shots were fired from a black ute into another car.
Both cars left the scene before police arrived.
At about 11.35pm, police were told a 26-year-old man had arrived at Auburn Hospital with gunshot wounds.
Officers found a Mercedes with multiple bullet holes in it, in the hospital carpark.
Police tried to speak to a man in the emergency department, but he allegedly assaulted the 58-year-old chief inspector, repeatedly punching him in the head.
The inspector and hospital security arrested the 30-year-old man, who was charged with assaulting police and refused bail to appear in cout today.
The police officer was treated for a laceration to his head.
The 26-year-old injured man remains in a critical condition.
Anybody with information about the above incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.
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