Arrests made after gunshots fired from vehicle - Lower Hunter Region

Monday, 05 May 2025 09:18:34 AM

A man and woman are in police custody for firearm offences allegedly committed on the state’s Lower Hunter region.

Late yesterday evening (Sunday 4 May 2025), officers from Port Stephens Police District were notified by a member of the public of a video on social media allegedly depicting a man driving a vehicle and shooting a firearm out the window out of the vehicle on two separate occasions in the Lower Hunter region.

The incidents are believed to have occurred within the past 24 hours.

Officers immediately commenced an investigation into the matter.

About 2.35am it will be alleged officers were conducting covert surveillance of a white Mazda CX5 in Burley Street, Tenambit, when the man fired a single gunshot into the air from the parked vehicle.

With the assistance of PolAir the vehicle was followed to a home on Coal Point Road, Coal Point.

Local police – supported by officers from the Tactical Operations Unit – activated a permitter of the address.

At 5.15am the man – aged 27 - walked out of the home where he was arrested without incident.

A short time later police entered the premises and arrested a 22-year-old woman in connection with the matter.

Both have been taken to Toronto Police Station.

Inquiries are continuing.

There are no reports of any person being injured or any property being damaged.

No further information is available at this stage.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

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