A 62-year-old man from New South Wales has been arrested and charged after allegedly firing a gun near children on the state’s Mid North Coast. The incident occurred on Friday on Harrington Road in Coopernook when the man was driving with a three-year-old child and encountered another man with a nine-year-old passenger.
A 62-year-old man from New South Wales has been arrested and charged after allegedly firing a gun near children on the state’s Mid North Coast. The incident occurred on Friday around 5:50 pm on Harrington Road in Coopernook. Police say the man was driving with a three-year-old child in the rear passenger seat when he encountered a 38-year-old man in another car, who was traveling with a nine-year-old passenger.
The two men, known to each other, began arguing, during which the older man allegedly pulled out a gun and fired it twice into the air. He then fled the scene with the toddler. Police confirmed that the younger man and his nine-year-old passenger were unharmed in the incident. Following an investigation, a search was conducted in swampland in Harrington on Saturday, where a sawn-off rifle was located and seized for forensic examination. The 62-year-old man was apprehended at a boat ramp in Harrington later that day and taken to Taree Police Station. He was charged with a range of offenses and refused bail. The man is scheduled to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Sunday
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