A man shot dead by police while wielding a large machete was approaching a group of women involved in a shopping centre car park brawl that included his wife, police have alleged. On Sunday, Assistant Police Commissioner Gavin Wood said six women aged in their mid 20s had crossed paths in the car park at 3.15pm and a brawl had erupted. The women were not known to each other and it was “sheer fluke that they have met”, he said. The husband of one of the women retrieved a large machete from his car and was walking towards the women when police intervened. after newsletter promotionView image in fullscreen A screenshot captured from a Nine News broadcast on Saturday shows an ambulance outside the Westfield.