Detectives have released further vision and continue to appeal for public assistance following a fatal shooting in Port Stephens earlier this year.
\nAbout 1.45pm on Sunday 29 August 2021, emergency services were called to Hideaway Drive, Salt Ash, following reports a white Ford Ranger utility had hit a tree.
\nOfficers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended along with NSW Ambulance paramedics and located a male driver suffering a fatal gunshot wound.
\nHe was later identified as 45-year-old David King.
\nA short time later, officers located a burnt-out white Santa Fe located on Masonite Road, Heatherbrae, which police believe is linked to the shooting.
\nDetectives established Strike Force Breve to investigate the incident, with assistance from State Crime Command\u2019s Homicide Squad.
\nAs part of extensive investigations, strike force detectives have released vision of two vehicles driving in a convoy in the vicinity of Mount Hall Road, Raymond Terrace, shortly after the incident.
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