A critical incident investigation is underway after a man died in the state\u2019s Hunter region overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just after 9pm (Sunday 18 June 2023), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called to a home in Sproule Crescent, Thornton, over concerns for a man\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police were told the 36-year-old man, who was armed with a firearm, had left the property in a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following inquiries, the vehicle was located travelling on Newline Road, Seaham, a short time later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the vehicle did not stop, a police pursuit was initiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vehicle came to a stop near Stockton Beach, Williamtown, and the man ran onto the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was located deceased suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A crime scene was established and a critical incident team from Tuggerah Lakes Police District will now investigate all circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That investigation will be subject to an independent review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A critical incident investigation is underway after a man died in the state\u2019s Hunter region overnight. Just after 9pm (Sunday 18 June 2023), officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called to a home in Sproule Crescent, Thornton, over concerns for a man\u2019s welfare. Police were told the 36-year-old man, who was armed with a firearm, had … Continue reading “Critical incident underway after man dies \u2013 Williamtown”<\/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-21451","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\/21451","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=21451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21452,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451\/revisions\/21452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}