15 yearold gunman Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar’s final moments outside of the Parramatta Police Headquarters.
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The teenager’s family have spoken to police overnight and are co-operating.
“First and foremost, simply because a certain person is of the Muslim faith doesn’t mean that they are a terrorist”, he said.
Mr Gooley also launched a NSW Police Legacy appeal for the family of Mr Cheng, who had worked in the police force’s finance department as an accountant for more than a decade. He was married with two adult children.
Commissioner Scipione said the death of the employee was a callous crime.
“I heard six or seven gunshots and it was pretty loud”.
No one answered the door at the family home in North Parramatta on Saturday but neighbours confirmed detectives had arrived at the home the night before.
Police seized a backpack from the footpath in front of Parramatta Public School about 300m from the bodies.
‘Curtis was admired and respected by his colleagues. He said “every officer had been ordered to wear their guns on them at all times this week, even while at their desks”.
The NSW premier Mike Baird and Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione.
The murdered man has been named as Curtis Cheng.
The incident “underlines the importance of families, communities, leaders being very aware of whether young people are becoming radicalized”, Turnbull said.
“A colleague and friend – it is going to hurt and hurt very deeply”.
A civilian worker and the gunman died in a shooting outside a police station where authorities reportedly warned could be attacked.
The police identified the gunman as an Iranian-born teenager of Iraqi-Kurdish background living in Sydney.
Police said the warrant was undertaken by arrangement with leadership at the mosque, who gave their full assistance to police.
They spent less than 10 minutes inside and would not comment on whether the search was related to the shooting. “It was doubly shocking because it was perpetrated by a 15-year-old boy”. Officials had not received any warnings that a shooting was imminent, he said.
The shooter is understood to be a local high school student.
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“In viewing video footage, I have witnessed enormous bravery by those special constables who responded”.
