Inquiry underway after stab death, NSW

Inquiries are underway after a teenage boy died when he was stabbed at a house in Sydney’s west this morning.

Emergency services were called to a home on Australis Drive, Ropes Crossing, shortly before 3am (Saturday 4 June 2022), and found a 16-year-old boy suffering a stab wound.

Officers from Mt Druitt Police Area Command performed CPR until NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived; however, the boy died at the scene.

An investigation is now underway by Mt Druitt detectives, assisted by State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Mt Druitt Police or Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

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