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Two arrested after shots allegedly fired from car in Lake Macquarie

May 05, 2025

Two people have been arrested after shots were allegedly fired from a moving car in NSW’s Lake Macquarie.

A man and a woman are in police custody following reports of a video circulating online showing a man allegedly firing a gun out of a car window on two separate occasions in the Lower Hunter region.

Police allege the video was filmed sometime during the past 24 hours.

Man arrested after allegedly firing gun from moving car
A man was arrested after footage circulated online of shots being fired out the window of a car. 

Officers were later covertly surveilling a white Mazda CX5 on Burley Street, Tenambit, when a man fired a gun into the air from the parked car, police said.

The car was then tracked via PolAir to a home on Coal Point Road in Coal Point.

A man, aged 27, was arrested after he walked out of the home at around 5.15am.

Police then arrested a 22-year-old woman inside the home a short time later.

Man arrested after allegedly firing gun from moving car
Police allege the video was filmed sometime during the past 24 hours. 
Police car outside home in Lake Macquarie after shots allegedly fired
The car was then tracked via PolAir to a home on Coal Point Road in Coal Point. 

The pair have been taken to Toronto Police Station and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

There have been no reports of injury or property damage.

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