A man has been arrested after a father was allegedly shot dead in what police believe was a home invasion gone wrong in the New South Wales Hunter region last year.
Emergency services were called to Traders Way at Heddon Greta, about 20 kilometres east of Cessnock, about 10.50pm on December 27 last year to reports a man had been shot.
Paramedics treated the man however he died at the scene.
He has since been identified as 25-year-old Zachery ‘Zac’ Davies-Scott, who is known to many in the area as ‘Donnie’.
Police were told a group allegedly forced their way into the home before Davies-Scott was fatally shot in what is believed to be a home invasion gone wrong.
Officers said a 52-year-old woman was also left with minor injuries after attempting to fight off the alleged attackers.
A two-year-old child, a four-year-old child and Davies-Scott’s partner were home at the time but were uninjured.
The group allegedly left the scene in a white SUV that was seen travelling on Main Road in Heddon Greta shortly after the incident.
In February 2023, strike force detectives seized a white 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander from a street in Boolaroo near Newcastle.
Police executed a search warrant in Boomerang Beach, about 20 kilometres south of Forster, where they arrested a 25-year-old man.
He was taken to Forster Police Station, where he is expected to be charged with murder.
