Event Cinemas. Incidents and accidents On 3 July 2003, a man committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of the shopping centre. Half an hour later, the deceased body of a second male was located on the rooftop near the northern end of the building. Authorities believe the deaths were connected, with homicide detectives ruling out the possibility of a murder-suicide. On 25 March 2012 a 34 year old man was shot by police after a hijacking incident which led a police chase from Penrith down the M4 and tried to hijack a taxi before stealing a car from the carpark of the Nepean Hospital and being chased by police towards the motorway. He then crashed into a Mitsubishi Lancer before stealing it from a motorist at knifepoint. A police helicopter tracked the man as he sped along the motorway towards Parramatta. He drove into the Westfield carpark but was chased towards the centre's food court area. An officer caught up with the man and the two fought violently before the man produced a weapon and the officer shot him. The man was declared dead a short time later after paramedics were unable to revive him. Sections of the centre were immediately locked down at 4pm as dozens of police converged on the building. The incident happened not far from a JB Hi-Fi and store employees reported hearing what sounded like an argument outside. On 7 July 2014 a man was stabbed to death outside a Myer store at 10:30am. A 33 year old man was arrested at the scene after he took off his shirt and waited for police to arrive. On 14 May 2019 a woman fell to her death with police called to the centre around 1pm. Many of the areas in the centre were taped off around 3pm. On 23 December 2019 balloons filled with trivial freebies such as coffee vouchers, free parking, gift cards and discount cards sparked a wild stampede amongst the 150 Christmas shoppers as part of the 33 hour non-stop trade promotion. 12 people were treated on scene with a further 5 taken to hospital for further treatment. On 4 March 2020 a person was threatened with a knife inside Woolworths over toilet paper. The incident occurred at 1:30pm and staff and police had blocked off access to the toilet paper aisle. On 14 October 2022, a woman fell to her