Detectives are trying to unravel how a high-flying dentist ended up attacking two strangers before being shot dead by police in Potts Point.

Steven Lin was a bestselling author and social media star, but the father-of-six recently spiralled with drug use and brushes with the law.

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Dentist Steven Lin shot dead by police after attacking two women at Potts Point

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