{"id":10017,"date":"2021-01-24T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T09:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2021-01-24T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T09:53:20","slug":"appeal-for-information-after-shot-fired-during-home-invasion-lake-macquarie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/24\/appeal-for-information-after-shot-fired-during-home-invasion-lake-macquarie\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for information after shot fired during home invasion \u2013 Lake Macquarie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for information about a home invasion in which a shot was fired inside a house in Lake Macquarie overnight.<br \/>\nOfficers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District were called to a home on Railway Street, Teralba, shortly after <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/1\">11pm<\/a> (Saturday 23 January 2021), responding to reports of a gunshot.<br \/>\nPolice have been told three people \u2013 one armed with a firearm and one with a baton \u2013 entered the house and threatened a 26-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman.<br \/>\nThe woman was struck in the head with the baton before the group ransacked the lounge stealing cash and phones, leaving a short time later in an older-model blue hatchback.<br \/>\nThe injured woman was treated at the scene for a head laceration.<br \/>\nA crime scene was established and a canvass of the street conducted.<br \/>\nPolice are would like to speak to three people \u2013 two men and a woman \u2013 they believe may be able to assist them with inquiries.<br \/>\nThe first man is described as being about 188cm tall with a medium build. At the time the man was carrying a firearm.<br \/>\nThe second man is described as being about 175cm tall with a thin build.<br \/>\nThe woman is described as being about 167cm tall with a stocky build and may have shoulder-length dark hair. She was carrying a baton or similar.<br \/>\nAll are believed to be of Caucasian appearance, aged in their 30s and were dressed in black clothing with their faces covered.<br \/>\nAs inquiries continue, anyone who has information about this incident, or who may have CCTV or dashcam vision from the area and its surrounds about the time described, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"tel:1800%20333%20000\">1800 333 000<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for information about a home invasion in which a shot was fired inside a house in Lake Macquarie overnight. Officers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District were called to a home on Railway Street, Teralba, shortly after 11pm (Saturday 23 January 2021), responding to reports of a gunshot. Police have been told &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/24\/appeal-for-information-after-shot-fired-during-home-invasion-lake-macquarie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appeal for information after shot fired during home invasion \u2013 Lake Macquarie&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}