Second man charged with murder over fatal shooting - Newcastle

Thursday, 10 July 2025 05:08:50 PM

A second man has been charged following the fatal shooting of a man in Newcastle earlier this year.

Emergency services were called to the Bar Beach carpark on Memorial Drive about 11.40pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025 and found a man with a gunshot wound.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 18-year-old man, but he died at the scene.

A crime scene was established by officers attached to Newcastle City Police District.

Police will allege a group of people were fighting in the car park when a white SUV drove up and a man armed with a firearm got out, fired, and left in the vehicle.

An investigation commenced involving detectives from Newcastle, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.

On Friday 25 April 2025, a 22-year-old was arrested and charged with murder. He remains before the courts.

Following inquiries, on Wednesday 7 May 2025, police executed a search warrant at a unit on Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle, where a firearm and ammunition were seized for forensic examination.

A 25-year-old man was arrested nearby and was taken to Newcastle Police Station.

He was charged with acquire etc firearm - subject to prohibition order, acquire etc ammunition subject to prohibition order, possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority, use, supply, acquire, possess stolen firearm or part, firearm etc found at premises-subject to prohibition order and breach of bail.

Following further inquiries, the 25-year-old man was arrested at a correctional facility in Kempsey today (Thursday 10 July 2025).

He was charged with murder and possess unauthorised prohibited firearm.

He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 1 on Friday 11 July 2025.

Investigations under Strike Force Bolwarra continue.

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