Former Dentist Shot Dead by Police After Assaulting Women in Sydney

A mother of three was recovering from surgery Wednesday after a former celebrity dentist broke into her Potts Point apartment and assaulted her, in an incident that ended with the man being shot dead by police following attacks on two women in the Sydney building.

The attacks unfolded Tuesday morning around 10:50 a.m. at an apartment complex on St. Neot Avenue in Potts Point, near Sydney's central business district. Dr. Steven Lin, 41, entered the building and first assaulted a 47-year-old woman in the shared laundry room, police said. He then forced his way into the nearby apartment of Chloe Paul, a 57-year-old photographer and mother of three, where he demanded money and pinned her to the ground. Paul fought back using skills from her boxing background and managed to call emergency services, according to a statement from her family.

Police arrived to find Lin armed with a knife. He lunged at officers after a Taser deployment proved ineffective, prompting one officer to fire a single shot. Lin was struck and died at the scene despite treatment by paramedics. The two women, neither of whom knew Lin, were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in stable condition. Paul underwent surgery...